80
L.A. Weekly by Scott Foundas
Put simply, the film is a dazzling and fearless piece of showmanship.
Beyond the Sea
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- United Kingdom,
- Germany,
- United States
- 2004
- · 118m
Director
Kevin Spacey
Cast
Kevin Spacey,
Kate Bosworth,
John Goodman,
Bob Hoskins,
Brenda Blethyn,
Greta Scacchi
Genre
Drama,
Music
Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the tale of his remarkable life. Kevin Spacey did his own singing for Beyond the Sea, recreating Bobby Darin's vocal style with uncanny accuracy.
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What are critics saying?
80
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
Kevin Spacey, both as star and director, has created a hugely entertaining, highly empathetic portrait of a man for whom music was literally the thing that kept him alive.
75
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
Doing his own singing (an uncanny imitation), Spacey is a marvel.
70
Variety by Todd McCarthy
It's raffish, flashy, energetic, entertaining and not very deep.
50
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
Weirdly moving.
50
The A.V. Club by Noel Murray
Anyone who thinks Beyond The Sea is a movie about Bobby Darin isn't paying close enough attention.
50
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
Saved by energetic musical numbers.
40
Slate by David Edelstein
Apart from Caroline Aaron's turn as Darin's overbearing sister...Beyond the Sea has nothing to recommend it.
20
Village Voice by Dennis Lim
By the end of this wholly disorienting experience (this must be what it's like to be held captive in a Long Island supper club and force-fed hallucinogens), there's only one thing we damn well know, and it's that Kevin Spacey sure as hell believes he was born to play Bobby Darin.
10
Film Threat by Phil Hall
Such a hopeless mess that there's no fun in tossing insults at its endless shortcomings.
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