bold casting choices

Rating: 8/10 (26 August 2013)

very entertaining and bold in its casting choices!
going in I was skeptical about whether Michael Douglas could portray Liberace - but he nailed it! often its hard for these big stars to be able to loose their 'star' identity while acting (for eg Tom Cruise hasn't acted in years, he basically does 'Tom Cruise' in all his films) ... with this film, the casting was so left field that I truly forgot that I was watching Matt Damon & Michael Douglas and they became the characters, which is a amazingly refreshing for the actors themselves. There were also a swathe of famous male actors in minor roles : for eg the moment Rob Lowe appeared on screen and every time he appeared on screen with the plastic surgery face, this really cracked up the audience ... Its a very entertaining film and a historic film for Hollywood, in that the casting of big stars in the film has led to the mainstreaming of the world of gay sugar daddies