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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttKevin 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.
- 80L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasPut simply, the film is a dazzling and fearless piece of showmanship.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversDoing his own singing (an uncanny imitation), Spacey is a marvel.
- 70VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyIt's raffish, flashy, energetic, entertaining and not very deep.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliSaved by energetic musical numbers.
- 50The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayAnyone who thinks Beyond The Sea is a movie about Bobby Darin isn't paying close enough attention.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumWeirdly moving.
- 40SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinApart from Caroline Aaron's turn as Darin's overbearing sister...Beyond the Sea has nothing to recommend it.
- 20Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimBy the end of this wholly disorienting experience (this must be what it's like to be held captive in a Long Island supper club and force-fed hallucinogens), there's only one thing we damn well know, and it's that Kevin Spacey sure as hell believes he was born to play Bobby Darin.
- 10Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallSuch a hopeless mess that there's no fun in tossing insults at its endless shortcomings.