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46 out of 100

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6.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Starring: John Goodman, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey
  • Summary: For Bobby Darin (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 us his own story, in his last great performance. (Lions Gate Films)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 35
  3. Negative: 11 out of 35
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    80
    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.
  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    58
    It fails to persuade us that its subject is significant enough to be worth a movie.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    Clumsily merges fiction and reality, biography and musical fantasy, and breaks the fourth wall in a way that allows Spacey to lamely address his own miscasting.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 3 out of 21
  1. WilliamD
    8
    Spacey is remarkable as the lead actor and his singing is excellent. The movie is a bit strange in it's presentation style, and I think someone else should have directed.… Expand
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  2. KeithB.
    8
    I think those that get overly nit picky about Spacey looking to old and the young kid narrating, seem to lose sight of how entertaining the film was and the fact that Spacey did a pretty damn good job at capturing his spirit of life lived and songs sung. Darin was a legend and seems to get pushed aside for the likes of Sinatra and the rat pack but he was every bit as dynamic and one of the greats. Nice flick!… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. StevenW.
    3
    This weird, tedious film was a major disappointment to me both as a Darin fan and Spacey fan.Spacey normally a great actor chose to caricature Darin instead. Also the story is inaccurate and the ending corny.The dancing and constant reflections of the young Bobby Darin were very distracting.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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