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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Not unpleasant to watch, but it's another movie in which the art direction and costuming, and, of course, the soundtrack, are of more interest than the story, whatever it is. Read more
Howard Cohen, Miami Herald: Watching Kevin Spacey's hilariously inept recreation of Bobby Darin's life in Beyond the Sea brings to mind the old Neil Diamond- Laurence Olivier remake of The Jazz Singer. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Beyond the Sea doesn't quite have [that swing]. But it's close. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: A movie that gets a few things absolutely right while getting quite a few other things very, very wrong indeed. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: It has a great performance by Spacey and some of the best musical numbers in recent years. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Your standard biopic boilerplate, with a lot of self-reflexive hokum. Read more
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times: Spacey doesn't shy away from portraying Darin as a self-aggrandizing, self-mythologizing megalomaniac, but not only does he withhold judgment, he also withholds analysis. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: Offers little psychological insight into the man beyond his mantra -- 'I want it all. ... I want to surpass Sinatra in everything he does.' Read more
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: Many people under 40 may not even remember Bobby Darin, let alone know about his remarkable life story. Beyond the Sea may rectify that problem and stand as a wonderful tribute to an amazing talent who left us all too soon. Read more
Michael Booth, Denver Post: The one thing Spacey couldn't do for Beyond the Sea was grow younger. And that's the 'gotta-shut-your-eyes' flaw that keeps Spacey's Bobby Darin biopic from being a great movie, instead of just a good one. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The film's tortured conceit -- that a peculiarly older-than-reality Darin is making his own autobiopic, comparing memories with a kid who plays the hero as a sickly shrimp -- is its own kind of can't-look-away crazy. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Ostensibly a love letter to Mr. Darin, it's more a love letter from Mr. Spacey to Mr. Spacey. Read more
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: A dazzling and fearless piece of showmanship. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: It's a car wreck, a sideshow. You simply have to watch, there are so many things going so terribly, terribly wrong. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: If there is a point, Spacey never makes it clear, nor manages to fully illuminate the people in Darin's orbit. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: The awkwardness of the film's structure and its inept theatrics diminish the real drama in Darin's life. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: Like a lounge revue on a second-class cruise ship. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: Kevin Spacey's biography of Bobby Darin is a mess, but it captures Darin's desperation, his braggadocio and his magnetism. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Spacey may worship at the altar of Darin, but the real Bobby was beyond him. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie possesses genuine feeling because Spacey is there with Darin during all the steps of this journey, up and down, all the way into death. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Jaw-droppingly awful. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: [Spacey is] someone who is capable of producing, writing, directing, starring and doing his own singing -- and making it all work magnificently. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Spacey the actor bails out Spacey the director. He's been talking about his abiding love of Darin for quite some time, and he nails Darin in look, deed and buttery croon, making up for many of the film's structural deficiencies. Read more
Mike Clark, USA Today: In scenes that re-create up-tempo engagements at the Copacabana and other nightspots, this heartfelt portrait comes to life. Read more
Dennis Lim, Village Voice: Drowning in accidental subtext, it's both queasy psychodrama and earnest ego trip, a stunt so bravely defiant of commonsense realism that it borders on the avant-garde. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: This vainglorious biopic about Bobby Darin is really about what the '60s pop singer and actor means to Kevin Spacey. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: If Spacey's age problem proves an insurmountable distraction for literalists and Darin fans, his admirers will no doubt relish the chance to watch him sing, dance and basically take over the screen for two hours. Read more