Making a Splash
When I heard that Kevin Spacey was doing all the singing in his biopic of Bobby Darin, my reaction was that it could be a colossal mistake. Not because of doubts about Spacey’s ability to sing, but because of questions whether he could sound close enough to the incomparable Darin to be believable. That’s a tough task for anyone, especially someone who’s not a singer by trade.
I stand corrected and amazed. Through moviefone.com, you can listen to the entire movie soundtrack. I’m playing it now, and while Spacey is not a 100% dead ringer, he is incredibly close. He falls short on one song - Splish Splash, where he sounds like Kevin Spacey trying to imitate Darin - but otherwise he perfectly captures the full range of Darin’s singing styles. Heck, if I hadn’t known it was Spacey going in, I would have thought I was listening to Darin on Beyond the Sea. There’s just no difference - at least not to my ear.
Any doubts I had about seeing the movie have been erased. I’ll be there the first weekend if my schedule allows.