Good, great performances

Rating: Null/10 (28 May 2013)

I've never really known anything about the events that happen during the course of the film, or anything about Liberace in fact. But I had definitely heard all of the praise it got at Cannes, and I do think it's a good film, just not a particularly great one. I don't think there's anything that makes it stand out in any way, and the only truly fantastic aspect of it is Douglas' performance. I have no idea how the real Liberace acts, but that doesn't really matter. Douglas created a fully- living character. Damon starts off not particularly anything, but he gets better and better as the film goes along, and both him and Douglas make some of the rough patches in the script work.
Again, despite being based on real events, the arc here is pretty much a common one. I do think this is very much a worthy entry, and Douglas deserves accolades for his role here.