Fresh
It's both a romp and uncomfortably real.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Behind the Candelabra
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
2013 · 1h 58m · TV-MA
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
,
Randy Lowell
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Behind the Candelabra
Overview
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
Director and cast
- Steven Soderbergh Director
- Randy Lowell Director
- Michael Douglas as Liberace
- Matt Damon as Scott Thorson
- Dan Aykroyd as Seymour Heller
- Scott Bakula as Bob Black
- Rob Lowe as Dr. Jack Startz
- Tom Papa as Ray Arnett
- Paul Reiser as Mr. Felder
- Bruce Ramsay as Carlucci
- Nicky Katt as Mr. Y
- Cheyenne Jackson as Billy Leatherwood
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Witty, briskly paced and consistently entertaining.
Jon Frosch, The Atlantic
Fresh
Buffed to a typical HBO high gloss, Candelabra is a visual feast. It shines brightest in those moments where it captures the rhythms of a relationship in its first blush of affection and its seemingly inevitable collapse.
Robert Bianco, USA Today
Fresh
The stunning and quite intimate performances by Michael Douglas and Matt Damon are award-worthy.
Joanne Ostrow, Denver Post
Fresh
The story is told less as a cause-and-effect narrative than as a collection of incidents that add up to something with a crushing emotional weight.
Todd VanDerWerff, AV Club
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