Beefcake
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  1. GilbertE.
    Apr 30, 2004
    8
    Sensitive to 1950's homophobic and closet like attitude of people toward homosexuality. The contrast comparing 50's and now could not be more true.

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52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    75
    Tries to have it both ways -- as a kitschy ode to bodybuilding culture and as a tragic story of a man who was persecuted for his dreams.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    38
    A campy docu-drama about the secretly gay world of 1950's muscle magazines.
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    40
    Ultimately this is a sharp-focus issue movie, decrying intolerance as it explores the effects of labeling, the complexity of fetishizing, and the differences between business and crime.
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