Garbage

Rating: 1/10 (17 June 2013)

Michael Douglas looks and sounds absolutely nothing like Liberace, not to mention that he is too thin for the role. In any case he is too old for the part as he was actually older at the time of filming than Liberace was when he died. However far worse is the ridiculous miscasting of a 42-year-old Matt Damon as his teenage lover! Damon cannot pass for any younger than mid-30s so it doesn't make sense that he is still supposed to be living with his foster parents in the film. They should have cast an actor in his mid-20s and then it might have been believable. Scott was only 23 when his relationship with Liberace ended, yet they cast an actor two decades older which doesn't make any sense and completely changes the dynamics of the relationship.
The whole production is tacky and low-budget. I'm amazed this got a cinema release in the UK, it should have been shown on television like in the US.
0/10.