Good Performances!

Rating: 5/10 (28 November 2013)

'Behind the Candelabra' offers Good Performances by Two Terrific Actors -- Michael Douglas & Matt Damon. Enacting Liberace & his lover Scott Thorson respectively, Douglas & Damon are uninhibited & fearless in their portrayals. Its their sheer work here that outdoes everything else!
'Behind the Candelabra' is Based on the tempestuous, yet troubled, 6-year relationship between Liberace & his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson.
Steven Soderbergh Directs 'Behind the Candelabra' with confidence, but the Adapted Screenplay Written by Richard LaGravenese is half-baked & monotonous. While the relationship between Liberace & Scott Thorson is well-developed, the sequences, after a while, get so repetitive, that I was getting restless. The Final Act is depressing, but Soderbergh handles it with enough patience. I wasn't disappointed by Soderbergh's Direction at all, but the Adapted Screenplay did underwhelm me.
Performance-Wise: Michael Douglas as Liberace & Matt Damon as Scott Thorson, are fearless & uninhibited. Their on-screen chemistry, also, is pitch-perfect. Rob Lowe, in a smaller part, is earnest. Dan Aykroyd is adequate.
On the whole, 'Behind the Candelabra' works due to its strong leading performances.