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Behind The Candelabra (TV)

HBO Classics

Behind The Candelabra

2013

Steven Soderbergh

Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Dan Aykroyd, Debbie Reynolds ...

6.5

5,925

Drama Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Superbly scripted, brilliantly directed, smart but never smarmy and led by a lead performance by Michael Douglas so good you often forget you’re watching an actor rather than the famous character he’s playing"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"The most bigscreen-worthy film that director Steven Soderbergh has made since 'Che'"	POS
United States	Richard Corliss Time	"The rampantly heterosexual Douglas might seem a stretch as Liberace, but from that first moment on the Vegas stage he nails the character, which quickly transcends mimicry for sympathetic evocation"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"As a black comedy, and as a portrait of celebrity loneliness, 'Behind the Candelabra' is very stylish and effective, and Damon and Douglas give supremely entertaining performances (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"This is luxury cinema in the lucid Soderberghian style. His analytical camera turns Liberace's Vegas mansion (...) into a terrifying mirror-hall of opulence: a place where guilt has somehow morphed into gilt (...) rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"	POS

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