Love & Mercy is one of the most convincing depictions of the creative process and the effects of mental illness I've seen in a long time.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 10, 2016

It is (among its many virtues) wonderfully not boilerplate.

| May 28, 2016

That so much of it rings true is a credit to the film-makers; that Wilson lived some (if not all) of it is a reminder of his matchless alchemical magic.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 12, 2015

It's bittersweet and melancholic, always captivating, holding the irrefutable truth of a pop lyric.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 10, 2015

Pohlad's movie lacks the kind of multi-layered texture it purports to celebrate. That said, it's still full of mind-altering potential.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 10, 2015

Love & Mercy, Bill Pohlad's ingenious biopic of Beach Boy Brian Wilson, approaches its subject from a very unusual direction... ear-first.

| Jul 9, 2015

The execution is ambitious and intriguing enough to make this particular biopic feel fresh, new even.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 9, 2015

Shot in dreamy colours by Robert Yeoman, the picture cannot, alas, quite shake itself free from the overworked 1960s mythology.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 9, 2015

Just when you feel "No, I can't take it" about another truth-based rock drama addressing the tears and horrors of fame - another Ray or Walk the Line (oh those poor singing millionaires) - along comes the best in memory.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 9, 2015

Pohlad's film is good at probing the line between radical creativity and mental disarray; arguably less good at getting Wilson back on the safe side of it. But it leaves you in no doubt that the man's a genius.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 9, 2015

It's an eloquent tribute to a great American innovator.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 9, 2015

This is the film Brian Wilson's talent deserves: original, smart and affecting.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 6, 2015

We're shown so many symptoms that, regardless of which actor is playing the hero, there's little relief from the prevailing grimness, and less sense of a life in full.

| Jun 10, 2015

When you consider all the ways that "Love & Mercy" could have gone terribly wrong, and how full of life it is in the end (and, yes, of love and mercy), I think the end product is almost miraculous.

| Jun 9, 2015

Unnerving as it is thrilling, as visually and aurally vivid as it is emotionally harrowing.

Full Review | Jun 5, 2015

Dano and Cusack never let us forget that Wilson is human before he is anything else - genius, icon, legend.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 5, 2015

The performances are universally great, and the subject matter is captivating.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 5, 2015

After seeing "Love & Mercy," you'll find it nearly impossible to resist the urge to download (or re-listen to) a dozen Beach Boys classics.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5 | Jun 5, 2015

To capture the artistic process in this way is extraordinary, and in many ways unprecedented.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 5, 2015

It's a daring conceit built around two fine talents, but the results are decidedly mixed.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 5, 2015