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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

A bittersweet portrait of Las Vegas entertainer Wladziu Valentino "Lee" Liberace, this biopic sketches out the final years in the life of the pianist (played by Michael Douglas), as seen through the eyes of his assistant and lover (Matt Damon). It shows Liberace as a kind but desperately lonely man whose insatiable need for human contact came to be his downfall. Dripping with gold, silver, diamante and mink, Soderbergh's often dark yet somehow good-hearted biopic could so easily have fallen into camp caricature, but Douglas's powerhouse central performance exquisitely captures the real Liberace's peculiarly self-aware charm. Rather than being a study in sleaze and excess, it prefers to tell a misguided father/son story, and although the sexual content would be considered strong even without the A-list names involved, what lasts longest in the mind is not the film's bold gay love scenes but its affectionate tip of the hat to a great, unapologetic American eccentric.

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Cast

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LiberaceMichael Douglas (1)
Scott ThorsonMatt Damon
Seymour HellerDan Aykroyd
Bob BlackScott Bakula
Dr Jack StartzRob Lowe
Ray ArnettTom Papa
Mr FelderPaul Reiser
Frances LiberaceDebbie Reynolds
Billy LeatherwoodCheyenne Jackson
Mr YNicky Katt

Crew

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DirectorSteven Soderbergh

Details

Theatrical distributor
Entertainment One
Released on
2013-06-07
Languages
English
Guidance
Swearing, sex scenes, drug abuse.
Available on
DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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