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.
80
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
Put simply, the film is a dazzling and fearless piece of showmanship.
Apart from Caroline Aaron's turn as Darin's overbearing sister...Beyond the Sea has nothing to recommend it.
20
Village VoiceDennis Lim
Village VoiceDennis 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 ThreatPhil Hall
Film ThreatPhil Hall
Such a hopeless mess that there's no fun in tossing insults at its endless shortcomings.