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Title: Darin Deserves Better
Review: I grew up with Darin watching him on Bandstand in the fifties and as he developed into quite a wonderful "crooner," an adult singer. I have loved his "That's All" album through the years, through thick and thin.I'm glad Spacey brought this man more recognition. But Spacey was way too old for the film; Darin died at 37. Kate Bosworth as Sandra Dee is not in Spacey's league as an actor and it was painful to watch her on the screen. It brushed off his early rock and roll years which had great stuff like Artificial Flowers and Clementine (already showing Darin's turning to jazz and more "pop" tunes, like Sinatra).The story was scattered all over the place. But Spacey's singing was terrific, if not exactly like Darin's. (Sissy Spacek really nailed Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter.)This picture was a "what might have been" rather than a good biopic.Yes, Bobby deserved much better than this. But I give Spacey an e for effort.
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