Behind the Candelabra

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2013
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119 mins
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Flamboyant pianist, singer and showman Liberace was the world’s highest-paid entertainer from the 1950s to the 1970s. Behind the Candelabra... More

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Behind the Candelabra | Ratings & Reviews

"Banished to HBO in its native America for being “too gay”, Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace tell-all is actually scrupulously careful not to offend anyone: like Boogie Nights making nice."

Flicks, Matt GlasbyFlicks

"Re-creates the lavish living environment and stage shows Liberace orchestrated between 1977 and his death in 1986 of HIV-related complications, while presenting the world with a sort of worst-case version of predatory homosexuality, in which an older man of means identifies, seduces and eventually tosses aside a naive, cornfed young country stud."

VarietyVariety

"Douglas pulls out all the stops while - somehow - avoiding caricature in a glittering celebrity portrait. If Soderbergh's swansong doesn't always mine great depths, it gives fabulous surface."

Total FilmTotal Film

"It's both a romp and uncomfortably real."

Time OutTime Out

"Damon and Douglas give supremely entertaining performances."

The GuardianThe Guardian

"One of the most stylish movies Soderbergh has made in years. This is very much Scott’s version of the story, so Soderbergh employs subtle and overt subjectivity in his camerawork..."

The DissolveThe Dissolve

"A wonderfully entertaining and revealing look at Liberace’s final decade."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"Who'd have thought Michael Douglas and Matt Damon would make such an astonishing, convincing on-screen couple? Steven Soderbergh, that's who..."

Empire MagazineEmpire Magazine

"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."

A.V. ClubA.V. Club

Behind the Candelabra | Details

Award winner
Best TV Movie and Best Actor in a TV Movie (for Douglas), Golden Globes 2014.
Rating
M, Drug use, coarse language and sex scenes
Runtime
119
Genre
Drama, Romance, True Story & Biography
Country of origin
USA

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