A Missed Opportunity

Rating: 4/10 (31 December 2013)

THE GOOD: The cast has many stars including Douglas, Damon, Akroyd, Bakula and Debbie Reynolds. The costumes are excessive and fun. The film gives us a salacious look into Liberace's private life. THE BAD: The acting is two dimensional, despite the cast, which says something bad about the script. The story is not very interesting. The main characters are a gay man who came of age in the 1950's and another gay man who came of age in the 1970's. The characters could have showed us the challenges and scars that came with having to be closeted or suffering discrimination, and how their experiences differed. Also, the opportunity to dramatize the deadliest medical scourge since the plague, i.e. AIDS, was not mined for much plot at all. All the characters were superficial. I would have been disappointed or even agitated had I spent $10 to see this movie. I Red Boxed it for a buck. I can't recommend it it even for a dollar.