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Showbiz Kids
Directed by
Alex Winter
TV-MA
2020
1h 35m
Documentary
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History
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7.0
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A documentary about the highs and lows of children in show business, featuring interviews and examinations of the lives and careers of the most famous former child actors in the world.
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Cast of Showbiz Kids
Baby Peggy
Self (as Diana Serra Cary)
Henry Thomas
Self
Cameron Boyce
Self
Milla Jovovich
Self
Todd Bridges
Self
Mara Wilson
Self
Jada Pinkett Smith
Self
Wil Wheaton
Self
Evan Rachel Wood
Self
Marc Slater
Self
Melanie Slater
Self - Marc's Mother
Demi Singleton
Self
Jeff Slater
Self - Marc's Dad
Alex Winter
Self / Director / Writer / Producer
Mickey Rooney
Self (archive footage)
Shirley Temple
Self (archive footage)
Christopher Walken
Self (archive footage)
Ron Howard
Self (archive footage)
Corey Feldman
Self (archive footage)
River Phoenix
Self (archive footage)
Chris Columbus
Self (archive footage)
Matthew Lawrence
Self (archive footage)
Sue Lyon
Self (archive footage)
Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
Willow Smith
Self (archive footage)
Jaden Smith
Self (archive footage)
Finn Wolfhard
Self (archive footage)
Michelle Trachtenberg
Self (archive footage)
Jackie Coogan
Self (archive footage)
David Gallagher
Self (archive footage)
Amanda Bynes
Self (archive footage)
Shaun Weiss
Self (archive footage)
Shia LaBeouf
Self (archive footage)
Gary Coleman
Self (archive footage)
Kevin Spacey
Self (archive footage)
Bryan Singer
Self (archive footage)
Conan O'Brien
Self (archive footage)
Dana Plato
Self (archive footage)
Corey Haim
Self (archive footage)
Glen Zipper
Producer
Bill Simmons
Producer
Showbiz Kids Ratings & Reviews
neuroparadox
3d ago
Nice to actually see Wil Wheaton again! Usually I just hear him narrate my audiobooks lol. Interesting touch with the Writer Alex Winter as the first after-film credit instead of Director...🤷♂️
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
Seem[s] like it's pulling its punches.
What To Watch
Todd Gilchrist
Showbiz Kids explores its handful of interview subjects with patience and sensitivity, offering a more intimate look at what has sadly become a familiar story.
Decider
John Serba
We should all know by now that Hollywood glamour is a phony facade. Showbiz Kids digs deeper into that truism, Winter piecing together a collage of stories adding up to one big cautionary tale.
Mashable
Brooke Bajgrowicz
Their well-being is just as important as the well-being of non-famous children. And though Showbiz Kids might be tedious at times, its recognition of the mistreatment of young actors cannot go unnoticed.
Sioux City Journal
Bruce R. Miller
Consistently engaging, it's also massively depressing, particularly when the subjects talk about the price they paid to maintain a career.
AIPT
Nathaniel Muir
Documentaries about kids in showbiz tend to focus on the more salacious details. Director Alex Winters looks deeper into the lives of the young stars.
Culture Mix
Carla Hay
Showbiz Kids takes the interviews it has and weaves them together into a concise narrative ... People certainly won't get bored watching this documentary, but people will certainly wonder about all the information that wasn't revealed.
NPR
Linda Holmes
What [Alex Winter has] made here is a perceptive, sensitive film in which actors tell their own stories - some sad, many simply complicated.
eFilmCritic.com
Peter Sobczynski
The stories contained in Showbiz Kids are sometimes funny, sometimes frightening, and they all will leave you thinking about the enormous pressures and dangers that are put on child actors.
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
Child stardom now feels like one of the last aspirations of a decadent, no-future America. And Showbiz Kids is an invaluable primer of its risks and rewards.
San Antonio Current
Kiko Martinez
A conventional but important doc, especially for those families who dream of fame for their talented tots.
Film Inquiry
Zofia Wijaszka
Showbiz Kids is an interesting watch for everybody, especially film critics and the parents who dream of their children's fame.
Pajiba
Ciara Wardlow
It's an engaging documentary, but when it ended, I wished it had been a docuseries.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
Framed from the hindsight of #MeToo, the stories told by Milla Jovovich and Evan Rachel Wood are particularly harrowing...
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Pete Hammond
Compelling HBO Documentary takes us through the lives of kid actors from triumphs to tragedy with excellent interviews charting the course of these lives.
TV Guide
Tim Surette
HBO's transfixing documentary details, in shocking frankness, the difficulties that many actors and actresses we saw grow up on-screen faced as their careers were just beginning.
TheWrap
Steve Pond
Without ever delving into sensationalism... [Alex] Winter presents a calm, lucid and enlightening case for why kids should stay away from showbiz and parents shouldn't encourage them - not that the ones who are so inclined will listen, of course.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
There are few darker corners in the entertainment industry than the history of child stars, a subject explored with candor and nuance in Showbiz Kids, an excellent HBO documentary directed by Alex Winter.
Hammer to Nail
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Featuring a dynamic and thoughtful cast of subjects, the film proves moving and insightful about the risks and rewards of show business on boys and girls.
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