In the 60s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 80s, he's a broken, confused man under the 24-hou... Read allIn the 60s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 80s, he's a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist, Dr. Eugene Landy.In the 60s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 80s, he's a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist, Dr. Eugene Landy.
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- 20 wins & 58 nominations
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- TriviaThe real Wilson reported having a mild dissociative experience while watching the film. He started to believe that Paul Giamatti was the actual Eugene Landy and felt "absolutely in fear" for several minutes.
- GoofsContrary to what is shown, the recording for "Good Vibrations" began during the making of "Pet Sounds", not after.
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Brian Future: I want you to leave, but I don't want you to leave me.
- Crazy creditsFirst, there's concert footage of the recent Brian Wilson, himself, singing "Love & Mercy", and then at the very end there is audio of a brief recreated studio recording of Good Vibrations, with '60s Brian leading the dialogue.
- Alternate versionsThe version which premiered at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival and a few subsequent public screenings contained a few extra scenes, such as an "I Get Around" studio sequence, and a scene where Wilson meets Phil Spector on the street. The closing song "One Kind of Love" was also absent from this cut.
- SoundtracksSurfin' U.S.A.
Written by Chuck Berry
Lyrics by Brian Wilson (uncredited)
Performed by The Beach Boys
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
A mature and compassion insight into one of the greatest young minds in popular music Love & Mercy double lead performances from Dano & Cusack compliment eachother well.
A mature and compassion insight into one of the greatest young minds in popular music Love & Mercy double lead performances from Dano & Cusack compliment eachother perfectly. Sometimes biopic, sometimes psychological thriller and never devolving into hero worship Pohlad's stylish look into the late years of the beach boys, in particular a deep focus into Pet Sounds, is able to find fresh turf in the often overplayed musical biopic subgenre. Paul Dano brings enough youthful charm and unhinged energy to the role of a young Wilson and his voice really holds up, so much so that smart sound editing enables seemless transitions between his renditions of Beach Boys classics and the studio versions, Cusack stands in contrast with his dazed, vacant approach but the reasons for his performance choices are validated as the narrative develops.
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- Yêu Thuong Quay Vê
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- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,551,031
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,122,177
- Jun 7, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $28,641,776
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
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- 1.85 : 1
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