One of America’s greatest performers, Bobby Darin lived a rags-to-riches life. He worked his way from shady nightclubs to his dream destination, The Copacabana, where he wowed crowds with "Splish Splash," "Mack the Knife" and other hits. He was a marvel at singing, songwriting and performing – stealing the hearts of fans everywhere despite the suffering in his own hear.
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Customer Rating: Summary: Beyond the Sea Comment: Movie arrived in great condition. I enjoyed the movie VERY much. It took me back to a time that was great in my life!! Customer Rating: Summary: enjoyable Comment: The movie was enjoyable. However, I wish I had known it had Spanish sub-titles before I bought it as a gift for my mother. Customer Rating: Summary: Kevin should've gone in for musical theatre, his voice isn't bad Comment: and his dancing is good enough for a stage production. I thought Bobby Darin was an ok singer, it used to be called crooning, as was Frank, Dean and Sammy. And they all had similiar backgrounds. I didn't think his life was special enough to make a movie out of, and does any one remember who he was? Which was probably another reason this picture tanked. It's always hard to make a semi-biographic movie about a celebrity who rose above many hardships to have a successful showbiz career.
When it works it's entertaining, when it dosen't you end up with a mess like this. Customer Rating: Summary: Spacey just too old. Comment: Okay movie, very good music, very good singing by Spacey. The big question for the viewer, though, is the obvious one: Can you accept the middle-aged Spacey playing the young Darin? I could not. The age problem was particularly jarring in scenes between Spacey and Kate Bosworth. Customer Rating: Summary: Below the deep six Comment: You can't fault Kevin Spacey for his well intentioned love affair with Rat Pack era crooner Bobby Darin. His singing here is top notch, and his dancing is eye opening. But the movie is a structural mess, replete with three full blown fantasy dance sequences that are interruptive and an intrusive boy who is supposed to be Darin as a kid, now looking on as Darin tells the story of his ill-fated life, cut short by a bad heart. The device doesn't work well. Neither do Spacey's voice-overs. You never get the sense of Darin as such a great performer either, though the movie tries to convince you that he was. He's all but forgotten now, and his music, much of it, hasn't aged well. The love interest with Sandra Dee lacks heat. And Spacey is just too old and jowly to play Darin anyway. Give him an A for effort. It just doesn't work.
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