Love & Mercy

About Love & Mercy

In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.

Bill Pohlad's Love & Mercy is a 2015 history music film. It runs 120 minutes and was released in May 2015.

Its themes are comforting, rock 'n' roll, musician, and therapist.

Paul Dano takes the lead as Brian Wilson 1960s, John Cusack as Brian Wilson 1980s, Elizabeth Banks as Melinda Ledbetter, and Paul Giamatti as Dr. Eugene Landy. The screenplay is by Michael A. Lerner and Oren Moverman. Produced by John Wells Productions. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Howdy Amazon Channel.

Nowhere Boy, What's Love Got to Do with It, and Bohemian Rhapsody make useful companions to Love & Mercy, all filed under 1960s and biography. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 790 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.