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Love & Mercy is a 2014 American biographical drama film directed by Bill Pohlad about the Beach Boys' co-founder and leader Brian Wilson and his struggles with mental illness during the 1960s and 1980s.
Nov 18, 2023 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies “Love & Mercy” is a very inward-looking biopic. It is much more interested in showing the inner brilliance of Brian Wilson on...
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- Bill Pohlad
- PG-13
- John Cusack
With Paul Dano, John Cusack, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti. In the 60s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 80s, he's a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist, Dr. Eugene Landy.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Bill Pohlad
- 2015-06-19
Jul 17, 2015 · Love & Mercy isn't a groundbreaking biopic, but it is unique in the way it portrays its subject, placing us directly into the mind of legend Brian Wilson.
Jun 5, 2015 · Love & Mercy. 120 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2015. Glenn Kenny. June 5, 2015. 4 min read. Love & Mercy. The most heartening surprise about director Bill Pohlad ’s “Love and Mercy” is also to my mind a pretty improbable one. That is, that it’s such a good and at times better than good movie.
Jun 5, 2015 · Parents need to know that Love & Mercy is an excellent biographical drama about the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, who's shown during two points in his life. The biggest issue here is heavy drug use -- ranging from pot to LSD; characters also smoke cigarettes and pipes and drink beer and hard liquor.
Jul 9, 2015 · Love & Mercy, Bill Pohlad’s ingenious biopic of Beach Boy Brian Wilson, approaches its subject from a very unusual direction... ear-first. We learn right from the outset that Wilson’s most...