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Love & Mercy
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Love & Mercy is a 2014 Biopic focusing on the life of Brian Wilson, directed by Bill Pohlad and starring Paul Dano, John Cusack, Elizabeth Banks, and Paul Giamatti.In the mid-1960s, Brian Wilson (Dano) is riding high. As the talented Lead Bassist of The Beach Boys, he enjoys both wealth and success. However, a panic attack on an airplane along with the release of Rubber Soul prompts him to stay in California crafting a more experimental, personal album with no filler, Pet Sounds. However, while crafting the follow-up Smile, Wilson's mental health takes a downward turn as drugs and stress drive him past the brink of sanity...Wait, that description isn’t entirely truthful.In the mid-1980s, Brian Wilson (Cusack) is an Empty Shell controlled by his abusive doctor/legal guardian/svengali Dr. Eugene Landy (Giamatti). Separated from his friends and family, he seems adrift under the watchful eye of Landy until he meets Melinda Ledbetter (Banks), a Cadillac saleswoman who falls in love with Wilson and works to get Landy out of his life.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Confused? Well to put it more succinctly, Love & Mercy jumps back and forth between these two plots in order to tell the story of Brian Wilson's life and music and how they're affected today. | |
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Then in the 80s, Brian being left in the care of a crazy, controlling Psycho Psychologist who leaches off his finances and fame, isolates him from his family and drugs him heavily, all while his family is none the wiser (and even thinks that he's helping Brian) until Melinda intervenes. | |
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The '60s: For the first half. | |
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Adult Fear: Brian's gradual Sanity Slippage during the 60s. Everyone around him realizes that it's happening, and even Brian himself realizes that he's losing his mind, helpless to stop it. This hits close to home for anyone who ever had to deal with a loved one slowly go insane.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); }) | |
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Adaptational Attractiveness: Graham Rogers, who stands 6-feet-tall, plays the 5-foot-4 Al Jardine. And in what appears to be a running theme in Beach Boys/Brian Wilson biopics, Carl Wilson, who was notably chubby as a younger man, is played by someone of average build (in this case, Brett Davern). | |
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Abusive Parents: Murry Wilson, just like in real life. He beat the Wilson brothers, is disappointed when he hears "God Only Knows" for the first time, seems more interested in a new band he manages, and dispassionately reveals that he sold the back catalog for $750,000, pushing Brian into his Heroic BSoD. | |
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The '80s: For the second half. | |
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Biopic / int_2889d645 | |
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Films of 2010–2014 / int_2889d645 | |
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Music Is Politics / int_2889d645 |
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