I'm picking up good vibrations

Rating: 8/10 (9 June 2015)

It's interesting that Brian Wilson, known for making catchy pop tunes has such darkness surrounding him. I've always known about his tiny, tiny connection to Charles Manson, but never knew about his metal complications.
I've herd people complain that the movie has holes in it. I don't know much about the Beach Boys to know what they're talking about. All I can see is that the movie is focus on the dual performance of Paul Dano as a young Brian Wilson, and John Cussack as an older one. Brian is a huge part of the Beach Boys, but this movie seems about the man fighting with his own personal demons, and the people directly evolved with that battle and leaves little room for any thing else.
Paul Dano and John Cusack do give a worth mentioning performance, but I was also impressed with the supporting cast of Elisabeth Banks who plays Cusack's love interest and Paul Giamatti who plays the antagonist, A doctor using his position to control Wilson. The Guy who plays Mike Love in the movie was notable too.
Kind of ironic but I felt the movie was very psychedelic in it's storytelling, as it went back in forth from young Brian to old Brian. the mood was also helped by the performances of the two leading men. It's been a minute since Cusack has been in something worth wild.
Love and Mercy was a good watch.