This is a terrific tribute to Bobby Darin, a pop star of the 1950s and 1960s. Kevin Spacey plays the Darin role and is excellent. He does all the singing too, but I wouldn't have minded if he lip-synced the songs. For those who never heard of Bobby Darin they would have heard the real deal and would have been impressed. For the rest of us, well, that would have been really nice and pleasant memories of that time would have surfaced. Also, many would have been impressed with Darin as a performer as well as his singing.
I also didn't mind the fact that a 40-something (Spacey) wooed a very young Sandra Dee. True, they could have gotten a younger someone to play that part in Darin's time, but it worked as it was. I didn't have a problem with it. They "younged" Spacey up pretty good for those scenes.
Kate Bosworth, who played Sandra Dee almost looked more like Sandra Dee than Sandra Dee herself. Amazing.
We learned how Bobby Darin changed his name from Cossuto (or something like that) to Darin.
There is something else that comes out too and is kind of startling, but I won't reveal it here.
There were only two things that kind of bothered me. Spacey didn't curl his lips enough as Darin did. Also, after about half of the movie goes by you see more Spacey than Darin. I guess they figured by that time we bought it. Well, I didn't. I had to remind myself that this was Darin.Moot point, but hey, we are talking about doing someone's life and if in the first half of the movie Spacey looks like Darin, he should continue to look like Darin for the rest of it.
But, all in all, a terrific presentation and tribute to one of our best pop or rock and roll singers.
I also didn't mind the fact that a 40-something (Spacey) wooed a very young Sandra Dee. True, they could have gotten a younger someone to play that part in Darin's time, but it worked as it was. I didn't have a problem with it. They "younged" Spacey up pretty good for those scenes.
Kate Bosworth, who played Sandra Dee almost looked more like Sandra Dee than Sandra Dee herself. Amazing.
We learned how Bobby Darin changed his name from Cossuto (or something like that) to Darin.
There is something else that comes out too and is kind of startling, but I won't reveal it here.
There were only two things that kind of bothered me. Spacey didn't curl his lips enough as Darin did. Also, after about half of the movie goes by you see more Spacey than Darin. I guess they figured by that time we bought it. Well, I didn't. I had to remind myself that this was Darin.Moot point, but hey, we are talking about doing someone's life and if in the first half of the movie Spacey looks like Darin, he should continue to look like Darin for the rest of it.
But, all in all, a terrific presentation and tribute to one of our best pop or rock and roll singers.