Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Sollypob An interesting film that enters the feelings of homosexuals and the relationship of money and sex The film is wonderful and psychological aspects and the performance of Matt Damon wonderful A real story but in a dramatic drama but the sexual scenes were not on the level as many scenes

Avid_Movie_Viewer Liberace was a douche. He's even worse on film. Only the 70-80s lax era protected him. Liberace was every reason that idiot Christian crazies deny REALITY. Liberace embarrassed the LGBT community with his predator behavior. Liberace was not a mean man but he was a complete DOUCHE that bought @SS. I'm completely shocked that no one capped his @ss in Vegas. Separate the sexuality. He was a douche that thought $$$ bought him the right to use people. He was a maggot.

TxMike I remember when this movie came out, I convinced myself I didn't want to see it, I wanted to remember Liberace for the entertainer I saw many times on TV shows over the years. But last week I found the DVD on the shelves at my local public library and decided to see it.It is interesting, in one scene late in the movie we see headlines of the death, via complications of AIDS, of Roy Harold Scherer, Jr., better known to most of us as Rock Hudson. The world was mostly shocked when we found this hunk of a movie star was a homosexual in private life.It was not such a surprise to find Liberace followed suit a couple of years later in 1987. We knew he was flamboyant but he was an entertainer, a pianist, and few really cared.The story here is based on the book by Scott Thorson who is played by Matt Damon. Thorson quite accidentally when he was still 17 visited the home of Liberace and began an attachment that last a number of years. But Liberace always seemed to have his eye out for young, attractive men and the natural tension and arguments ensued.Michael Douglas is pretty good as Liberace, he does the best he can to imitate the entertainer's mannerisms and way of speaking. But Douglas has a particular type of gravelness in his voice that worked great in 'Romancing the Stone' but it bothered me all the way through this movie.It isn't a great movie but it is often entertaining and gives an up- close glimpse into the world of Liberace, at least from Thorson's viewpoint.

s3276169 As a child I remember Liberace popping up from time to time on TV. Somehow even back then there was something "unsettling" about the man. It had nothing to do with his sexuality, as I child that mean't little to me. What I do remember is thinking the facade the man presented to the world hid something rather sad and empty. Behind the Candelabra, offers up an image of Liberace as a man who appears to have everything but, in fact, has nothing. Liberace as he admits himself, is a marketing product, Lee as he prefers to be called, worked very hard to create. There is too, no denying the man's musical talent or his intellect. His sharp humour and insight can not easily be dismissed. That said, for all his material success, his glitzy shows, expensive cars, overstated mansions and young paramours, Liberace was a lonely, isolated figure. Liberace is a victim of his own success and the times he lived in. He can not openly admit his sexual preferences for fear of losing his career and he can not be sure who his friends are and who is simply out to take advantage of his considerable wealth (for the large part of his time in show business he was the highest paid entertainer in the world). The result as this film ably shows, is a man who leads a strained, sad, rather superficial existence. Surrounded for the most part by quislings and hanger on's. A man so worried about his outward appearance he resorts to plastic surgery that leaves him sleeping with his eyes partly open. Indeed, even his partner Scott Thornson, is compelled to have surgery to look more like Liberace. It seems the only person Liberace can really trust in and have any measure of love for, is himself. Its a sad tale, with beautiful sets and a very camp feel to it. Michael Douglas hands in a excellent, if slightly overstated, performance as Liberace. Personally, I felt Matt Daemon was somewhat more convincing, as Liberace's partner, Scott Thorson.All in all this is an excellent, very interesting film, that explores the unglamorous reality that lurks behind the glitzy veneer of the US entertainment industry. Eight out of ten from me.