Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Caroline Aaron
For Bobby Darin, performing was his life. It kept his heart beating. He came alive onstage, even when he was near collapse offstage. From the age of seven, Walden Robert Cassotto--Little Bobby knows t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 7, 2005
Stats: 850 reviews
Well-acted but poorly directed. Not surprisingly, an actor starred in and directed this film. Seemingly informed by its protagonist, the film struggles a lot and has significant flaws but comes off as generally entertaining in spite of them.
I've never been a big Bobby Darin fan and the script was marginal. Kevin Spacey's phenomenal acting & singing performance is what made this worth watching.
The critics were wicked harsh on this. A pity, 'cause it's a pretty good flick.
This movie did not live up to its tagline and all in all lacked a certain lustre that this kind of film demands. That's not to say that Kevin Spacey did a bad job directing or acting; he did them very well. I just don't know if he was the right person to do it.
This was great, I didn't know very much about Bobby Darin and Kevin Spacey certainly played a great part.
Kevin Spacey's musical biography is corny - no other word for it. Spacey directed, co-wrote and stars as Bobby Darin, the swinging hepcat of the 50s and 60s nightclub scene who brought us such hit songs as "Splish-Splash," "Mack the Knife," "Dream Lover," "Beyond the Sea" and "Go...( read more)
A bit underrated, the songs are great, the performances are okay, the dances are just okay... I like this movie because it didnt apply the similar dramatization that every biopics have..
It dramatize everything in a more fun way.
god-awful for the reason that Kevin Spacey, wonderful though he is, is far too old to play Bobby Darin. The scene where he's trying to seduce his wife, the young Sandra Dee, was just plain creepy.
A very good movie. And three (not two :) thumbs up for the magnificent Kevin Spacey who produced, wrote, direct, act, sing and dance in it. This guy is an absolutely amazing pure artist.
The movie possesses genuine feeling because Spacey is there with Darin during all the steps of this journey, up and down, all the way into death. full review
A movie that gets a few things absolutely right while getting quite a few other things very, very wrong indeed. full review
The film never gives you a real sense of what drove Darin on. full review
Doing his own singing, Spacey is a marvel. full review
I love this movie!!It is wonderful,somebody needs to make a skin for it!Kevin Spacey did a wonderful job at portraying Bobby Darin.The song Beyond the Sea is by far my all time favourite song besides Bohemian Rhapsody(that song rock's go Queen)I'm going to dance to that song with my father at my wedding.
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