Behind the Candelabra (2013)

Behind the Candelabra is an HBO movie about that really weird homosexual relationship that Liberace had with a much younger man, a man who Liberace convinced to have cosmetic surgery so that he'd look more like Liberace. At first this movie is fascinatingly strange, but as the relationship devolves into a really bad breakup it becomes more difficult and less rewarding viewing. Matt Damon plays Liberace's lover Scott Thompson, and Michael Douglas plays Mr. Showmanship himself and stretches some acting muscles because he becomes Liberace, and Michael Douglas ain't much like Liberace. The make up in this movie is such that I did not recognize Dan Aykroyd until late into the movie, and didn't even know that was Debbie Reynolds as Liberace's mom until the closing credits. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. **1/2