4. Kevin Spacey - Beyond The Sea
Beyond The Sea benefits from having a great performance in a mediocre film. Kevin Spacey is far too old to play Bobby Darin yet, there is no one better than he was at playing the famed singer. He embodies the role of Darin not only in voice but in mannerisms and dance moves. But his total control of the performance makes the directing, also done by Spacey, horribly lacking. This is not an ordinary biopic of a music star as it incorporates lots of musical elements including the title song which is my favorite musical number of the film. If Spacey was not such a great actor, he could have made a career as a vocalist in the vein of those of old. This was a passion project for Kevin Spacey who was enamored with the life and story of Bobby Darin and his passion shows with its performance and with the films overall faults.