This film is only for certain people. Kevin Spacy did a great job, as usual and the rest of the cast was very convincing as well. Still, I failed to connect with the characters as much as I should have.
Again Spacy gave a strong performance. I do think that he was too old for the role though. When they mention his age as being in the thirties after the film had already covered several years of his adult life it completely threw me off, Kevin Spacy just looked too old to be pull that off.
This is your classic musical in a lot of ways. It did have the elements of music coming out of nowhere and everybody randomly breaking into dance numbers, but it didn't bother me. These were moments in the play where you were seeing more of Bobby Darins feelings at that particular time in his life rather then giving an accurate, believable portrayal of it. This worked pretty well for me in most cases but I understand that a lot of people simply wont get it.
There were times where the framing of the shots was absolutely terrible. When the actors heads are being cut off by the top of the frame you know that there is something terribly wrong going on with that cinematographer. Also the color composition wasn't up to par with a lot of films that I have seen recently.
Kate Boseworth gave a good turn as Sandra Dee; also John Goodman and Bob Hoskins were very believable in there roles. Looking at this film when it comes to acting reveals really no problems.(other than Spacey's age.) Overall, I would recommend this, but only to fans of Bobby Darin, those who like movies that follow the classic musical film style, or those who don't mind some atrocious camera work.
Again Spacy gave a strong performance. I do think that he was too old for the role though. When they mention his age as being in the thirties after the film had already covered several years of his adult life it completely threw me off, Kevin Spacy just looked too old to be pull that off.
This is your classic musical in a lot of ways. It did have the elements of music coming out of nowhere and everybody randomly breaking into dance numbers, but it didn't bother me. These were moments in the play where you were seeing more of Bobby Darins feelings at that particular time in his life rather then giving an accurate, believable portrayal of it. This worked pretty well for me in most cases but I understand that a lot of people simply wont get it.
There were times where the framing of the shots was absolutely terrible. When the actors heads are being cut off by the top of the frame you know that there is something terribly wrong going on with that cinematographer. Also the color composition wasn't up to par with a lot of films that I have seen recently.
Kate Boseworth gave a good turn as Sandra Dee; also John Goodman and Bob Hoskins were very believable in there roles. Looking at this film when it comes to acting reveals really no problems.(other than Spacey's age.) Overall, I would recommend this, but only to fans of Bobby Darin, those who like movies that follow the classic musical film style, or those who don't mind some atrocious camera work.