Darin's life is just a jumping-off point for The Kevin Spacey Show, which would probably stink like hubris were Spacey not such a dazzling, enthusiastic performer.
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Beyond the Sea (2004)
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Reviews Counted:148
Fresh:63
Rotten:85
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Kevin Spacey’s bio of singer Bobby Darin is either a fearless piece of showmanship or an embarrassing vanity project, according to critics.
Theatrical Release:Dec 17, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $6,144,806
Synopsis: For BOBBY DARIN (Kevin Spacey), performing was his life. It kept his heart beating. He came alive onstage, even when he was near collapse offstage. In BEYOND THE SEA, Bobby tells his own story.... [More]
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Brenda Blethyn, Caroline Aaron
Director: Kevin Spacey
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Reviews for Beyond the Sea
Despite all the buoyant, high-stepping energy, Spacey's gushing biopic sinks into his own grandiosity.
01/06/05
The film just doesn’t swing, despite Spacey's clear showmanship.
01/05/05
...one of those labors of love that reminds you love is blind.
01/05/05
It's a monstrous guilty pleasure for people who want to see a whole movie just like the asparagus scene in American Beauty.
01/05/05
'... an intriguing visual style akin to a multi-car pile-up involving All That Jazz, Funny Girl and Moulin Rouge.'
01/05/05
Ultimately works as flattering homage.
01/05/05
[T]akes a lot [of] risks, and if it doesn’t always succeed in pulling them off, it still earns high marks for experimenting with the standard biopic format.
01/04/05
Spacey serves as actor, writer, director and producer -- and probably caterer, key grip and best boy, if we search the credits hard enough -- on this misguided vanity project.
01/03/05
Not so much a biopic as a performance art project...
01/03/05
When you compare Spacey's versions to the original music, Spacey clearly adds a spark and sizzle to the tunes that was missing from the original.
01/03/05
This is not a great achievement by any means, but the director's consistent display of enthusiasm allows it to stay afloat long enough to get its point across.
12/31/04
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12/31/04
One of the most genuine tributes ever offered by one artist to another.
12/31/04
Spacey's wretched, agonizing, tone-deaf version of the Darin story.
12/31/04
When I look at Spacey in this film, I see Kevin Spacey, not Darin. This leaps out even more this winter because when I look at Jamie Foxx, I see Ray Charles.
12/31/04
Kevin Spacey's big-screen showbiz biography of Bobby Darin soars when it's glam, but bores when it's glum.
12/30/04
This vainglorious biopic about Bobby Darin is really about what the '60s pop singer and actor means to Kevin Spacey.
12/30/04
Top CriticIf Spacey's age problem proves an insurmountable distraction for literalists and Darin fans, his admirers will no doubt relish the chance to watch him sing, dance and basically take over the screen for two hours.
12/30/04
This is one of those rare movies that's so bad it's good, with lavish production numbers in which Spacey sings out of sync with the voice track and dances out of sync with his own feet.
12/30/04
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