| Beyond the Sea | | Cast : | Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, John Goodman | | Director : | Kevin Spacey | | Studio : | Lions Gate Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | December 29, 2004 | | DVD Released Date : | June 07, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 09, 2005 | | Summary | Wanted more and less | Content
 | Wanted more complete Bobby Darin songs
Wanted less Kevin Spacey interpretation (altho very good)
Wanted better cutting, better flow of story lines
Wanted less choppiness, less "HUH?" feeling
Wanted better development of Sandra Dee personality
Wanted better understanding of the relationship between the two
Wanted a decent sound track
Liked surrealistic visuals and time line jumps
Next time maybe I should rent it first. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 09, 2005 | | Summary | Amazing Spacey | Content
| Over the last several years I have truly grown appreciative of actors giving completely of themselves to entertain us, along with an appreciation of singers performing what I consider "middle of the road" songs. I have come to expect nothing less than excellence from Kevin Spacey in any role he undertakes but I was extremely pleased with his performance in the singing arena. I watched the movie one night and went online to buy the movie soundtrack the next day. I will definitely watch the movie again in the near future and continue to enjoy the soundtrack. Hopefully Kevin will bless us with more musical performances. Anyone that has an appreciation of the crooners from several years ago will do themselves a favor by spending the time to watch/listen to this movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 06, 2005 | | Summary | Good movie with a bit of dramatic license | Content
| Kevin Spacey acts, directs and sings in this movie about the life of Bobby Darin. The movie starts off in an almost sureal manner as Bobby is singing in a club but then, it turns out that this "club" is actually a movie set with Bobby acting as himself in a movie about himself. The young boy, acting as the young Bobby Darin looks on and acts as a backdrop to the entire movie. Spacey's singing is surprisingly good. It is certainly more than passable and he deserves a lot of credit taking that risk because if the attempt had fallen short, the entire movie would have fallen flat on it's face. Instead, Spacey pulled it off.
The biggest problem I had was that Spacey is about ten years older than Darin was when he died and a good 20 years older than he was during key parts of the movie. Although Spacey looked like Darin, in subtle ways you could tell he was the middle aged Spacey, not the young Darin. This may be the only drawback to the movie because, quite frankly, Spacey was almost uncanny in the role. I was a fan of Babby Darin and I believe that the movie captures the essence of the Darin that I remember.
I see some dramatic license that was taken but, that's OK if it ultimately assists in the telling of the story of the subject's life. Later in life, Darin became a fighter for liberal causes and dropped his flashy club image for a more laid back, jeans wearing, folk singing image. The movie makes it seem as though during this change, he sank nearly to obscurity. In fact, Darin was still in the forefront with a huge folk hit; a recording of Tim Hardin's "If I Were a Carpenter." Also, the movie makes it appear that he had a big comeback concert in Las Vegas right before he died. In fact, although short lived, he had a television variety series and he had a fairly extended run in Las Vegas. I accept the license that was taken and, therefore, enjoyed the movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 02, 2005 | | Summary | Horrible waste of time | Content
| I was so looking forward to this movie. Within minutes I knew it was a stinker, as Kevin Spacey from the very start did not look or sound like A great entertainer. After seeing this movie....was Bobby Darins whole life about his hair???. How did he get a recording contract? Why no mention of his divorce or 2nd wife??? Why not call this what it was..The Kevin I want to sing and dance story. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 27, 2005 | | Summary | Kevin Spacey as Bobby Darin | Content
| I've always been a huge fan of Bobby Darin and Kevin Spacey does a fantastic job of portraying him. I'm so happy to have this movie in my collection. Thanks! |
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