{"id":3424,"date":"2016-06-18T09:25:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T13:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3424"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:48:57","slug":"behind-the-candelabra-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3424","title":{"rendered":"Behind The Candelabra-2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Behind the Candelabra-2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Steven Soderbergh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Michael Douglas, Matt Damon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #411<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70274808.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3425\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70274808-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70274808\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70274808-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70274808.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 18, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I thoroughly enjoyed this HBO film about Liberace, whom I was too young to know much about before seeing it.<\/p>\n<p>The film fully explores the excesses of his lavish lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>The standouts are Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, who are both exceptional in their portrayals of Liberace and his young lover. At times, both are unrecognizable and fully embody their characters.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t attest to the story&#8217;s absolute truth, but the HBO film does a nice job of mixing joy, passion, heartbreak, sadness, and competition throughout.<\/p>\n<p>The story undoubtedly bears a likeness to many Hollywood troubled relationships past and present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behind the Candelabra-2013 Director Steven Soderbergh Starring Michael Douglas, Matt Damon Scott&#8217;s Review #411 Reviewed June 18, 2016 Grade: A I thoroughly enjoyed this HBO film about Liberace, whom I was too young to know much about before seeing it. The film fully explores the excesses of his lavish lifestyle. The standouts are Michael Douglas &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3424\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Behind The Candelabra-2013<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,158,49,192,191,339,122],"tags":[12883,3827,12072,3829,5634,2028,1517,1466,11927,3828,2117,2147],"class_list":["post-3424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-films","category-bios","category-comedies","category-dramas","category-hbo-films","category-lgbt-dramas","category-gay-films","tag-cheyenne-jackson","tag-dan-aykroyd","tag-david-koechner","tag-debbie-reynolds","tag-gregory-jacobs","tag-matt-damon","tag-michael-douglas","tag-paul-reiser","tag-richard-lagravenese","tag-rob-lowe","tag-scott-bakula","tag-steven-soderbergh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3424"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24523,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424\/revisions\/24523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}