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3/4
The limelight on the excess.
memento_mori - wrote on 11/09/2013
And the award for Film that made me smile the most so far this year goes to…
So, after admitting that Side Effects would be his last film before going into retirement, one of my favorite directors Steven Soderbergh did the most logical thing and… made another movie.
Well, putting the fact aside that it came out of nowhere, Behind the Candelabra is fortunately one of Soderbergh's best films.
This is most likely the sweetest, most endearing and passionate film I've seen so far this year.
From the opening it sets an amazing tone, skillfully implying the confusion and sexual orientation of Matt Damon's character Scott Thorson. Soderbergh is simply an auteur when it comes to genre movies.
Matt Damon and Michael Douglas are both worthy of Academy Awards. From their costumes and …
Rating of
2/4
Behind the Candelabra review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 06/25/2013
This reviewer is highly critical when it comes to dark comedies, this was rather average. Scott Thorson (Matt Damon) works as an animal trainer for movies and meets Bob Black, a Hollywood producer, in a gay bar. Black introduces Thorson to Liberace (Michael Douglas), who fancies him and invites him to be his secretary. The score of course was excellent with a lot of piano pieces in full display. Damon was solid as always and Douglas surprisingly effective in this unusual role (compared to his very male related roles). Maybe he was looking for a new/challenging role and since he has worked with the director before with Traffic. Basically it encapsulates the story of the rise and fall of Liberace and how Scott got into the mix. Set pieces were elegant since it does show the …
