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36 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 15
  3. Negative: 5 out of 15
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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    70
    At once a sexy soap opera, at times lurid and bathetic, and also a gritty cautionary tale made by a filmmaker honest enough to have it both ways.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    70
    All-encompassing drama.
  3. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: David Ehrenstein
    60
    When Circuit is on its game it's very telling and where it's at its best is detailing just how difficult it is for men so hedonistically self-involved to love one another.
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  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Loren King
    50
    It makes the viewer wonder whether Circuit would have been stronger as a documentary instead of the well-intentioned, overlong, intermittently entertaining but flawed feature that it is.
  5. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    50
    If anyone wants to watch naked men in the shower, naked men doing erotic dancing, naked men in bed and almost-naked men pumping iron, this is the film to see.
  6. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    50
    With its thumping soundtrack, absence of body hair and a camera that practically pants over every bulge, curve and crack of the male form, the film is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    50
    There is a real subject here, and it is handled with intelligence and care.
  8. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Fred Camper
    50
    Shafer (himself a former Playgirl centerfold) never quite manages the incisive social critique his story seems to require.
  9. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    40
    Mostly, Shafer and co-writer Gregory Hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint, or a sense of humor, about a world in which the DJ has the power to unify, if only for a night, men of godlike beauty and the mortals who worship them.
  10. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    40
    As slick and attractive as its cast. But the movie gets away from Shafer.
  11. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    The movie's strongest draw is its kitsch value -- along with a wisecracking Bruce Vilanch, the cast includes '80s TV refugees Jm J. Bullock ("Too Close for Comfort") and the Greatest American Hero himself, William Katt.
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  12. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    25
    Dirk Shafer's feature doesn't offer much in terms of plot or acting. But it does have oodles of hunky male bodies. The choice is yours.
  13. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Christopher Muther
    25
    Like ''Showgirls'' and ''Glitter,'' the most entertaining moments here are unintentional.
  14. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marrit Ingman
    20
    It's too bad Shafer spent his budget making a fiction feature instead of just shooting a documentary about the scene. So much of the film is melodramatic kitsch, but there's still a movie in here.
  15. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    10
    Even from deep in a K-hole, you'd need about 10 seconds to figure out the remaining plot twists in this jaded muscle-queen morality tale.
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User Score
7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. JayH.
    3
    Not much of a plot here, just a gay excuse to string together a bunch of soft porn and drugs into an pointless story that is not even interesting. Badly directed, the acting is fair at best.… Full Review »
  2. BradM.
    10
    Awesome show, really opend my eyes, if only every gay man should see this movie. Much love.
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