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* WomanInWhite: [[TrueBlueFemininity Aside from when Brian first meets her]], Melinda is almost always wearing white.
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* WomanInWhite: [[TrueBlueFemininity Aside from when Brian first meets her]], Melinda is almost always seen wearing white.
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* WordSaladLyrics: Mike is put off by Brian and Van Dyke writing Music/{{Smile}} with this trope in mind.
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* WordSaladLyrics: Mike is put off by Brian and Van Dyke writing Music/{{Smile}} ''Music/{{Smile}}'' with this trope in mind.
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''Love & Mercy'' is a 2014 {{Biopic}} focusing on the life of Music/BrianWilson and starring Creator/PaulDano, Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/ElizabethBanks and Creator/PaulGiamatti.
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''Love & Mercy'' is a 2014 {{Biopic}} focusing on the life of Music/BrianWilson Music/BrianWilson, directed by Bill Pohlad and starring Creator/PaulDano, Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/ElizabethBanks Creator/ElizabethBanks, and Creator/PaulGiamatti.
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Wait, that description isn’t entirely truthful. In the mid-1980s, Brian Wilson (Cusack) is an EmptyShell controlled by his abusive doctor/legal guardian/[[TheSvengali 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 [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect falls in love with Wilson]] [[{{Determinator}} and works to get Landy out of his life.]]
Confused? Well to put it more succinctly, Love & Mercy [[TwoLinesNoWaiting 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.
Confused? Well to put it more succinctly, Love & Mercy [[TwoLinesNoWaiting 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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In the mid-1980s, Brian Wilson (Cusack) is an EmptyShell controlled by his abusive doctor/legal guardian/[[TheSvengali 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 [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect falls in love with Wilson]] [[{{Determinator}} and works to get Landy out of his life.]]
Confused? Well to put it more succinctly,Love ''Love & Mercy Mercy'' [[TwoLinesNoWaiting 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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In the mid-1980s, Brian Wilson (Cusack) is an EmptyShell controlled by his abusive doctor/legal guardian/[[TheSvengali 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 [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect falls in love with Wilson]] [[{{Determinator}} and works to get Landy out of his life.]]
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* EurekaMoment: After Brian plays the melody for Good Vibrations for hours on end; he has a conversation with Mike who mentions something about animals giving off vibrations.
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* EurekaMoment: After Brian plays the melody for Good Vibrations "Good Vibrations" for hours on end; he has a conversation with Mike Mike, who mentions something about animals giving off vibrations.
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** Mike Love counts as well. He takes an ItWillNeverCatchOn approach to ''Pet Sounds'', is relieved when the album becomes an AcclaimedFlop and writes and records ''Smiley Smile'' with a StrictlyFormula approach.
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** Mike Love counts as well. He takes an ItWillNeverCatchOn approach to ''Pet Sounds'', is relieved when the album becomes an AcclaimedFlop and writes and records ''Smiley Smile'' ''Music/SmileySmile'' with a StrictlyFormula approach.
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* CreatorBreakdown: InUniverse, after his panic attack, Brian slowly starts to succumb to his schizophrenia over the production of ''Pet Sounds'' and ''Smile''.
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* CreatorBreakdown: InUniverse, after his panic attack, Brian slowly starts to succumb to his schizophrenia over the production of ''Pet Sounds'' and ''Smile''.''Music/{{Smile}}''.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When The Beach Boys and Van Dyke Parks host a poolside meeting to discuss Brian’s behavior, the latter mentions how [[TeenGenius he’s been writing music since he was 14]], then promptly leaves.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When The Beach Boys and Van Dyke Parks host a poolside meeting to discuss Brian’s behavior, the latter mentions how [[TeenGenius he’s he's been writing music since he was 14]], then promptly leaves.
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* WordSaladLyrics: Mike is put off by Brian and Van Dyke writing Smile Music/{{Smile}} with this trope in mind.mind.
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* AbusiveParents: 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, [[spoiler: and dispassionately reveals that he sold the back catalog for $750,000, pushing Brian into his HeroicBSOD.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Murry Wilson, just like in real life. He beat the Wilson brothers, is disappointed when he hears God "God Only Knows Knows" for the first time, seems more interested in a new band he manages, [[spoiler: and dispassionately reveals that he sold the back catalog for $750,000, pushing Brian into his HeroicBSOD.]]
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* CreatorBreakdown: In universe, after his panic attack, Brian slowly starts to succumb to his schizophrenia over the production of ''Pet Sounds'' and ''Smile''.
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* CreatorBreakdown: In universe, InUniverse, after his panic attack, Brian slowly starts to succumb to his schizophrenia over the production of ''Pet Sounds'' and ''Smile''.
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''Love & Mercy'' is a 2014 {{Biopic}} focusing on the life of Creator/BrianWilson and starring Creator/PaulDano, Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/ElizabethBanks and Creator/PaulGiamatti.
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''Love & Mercy'' is a 2014 {{Biopic}} focusing on the life of Creator/BrianWilson Music/BrianWilson and starring Creator/PaulDano, Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/ElizabethBanks and Creator/PaulGiamatti.
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* SupportingProtagonist: While Brian is consistently the focus the 1980s sections are mostly told from Melinda Ledbetter's perspective.
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* PsychoPsychologist: Dr. Landy abuses his poor patient horribly.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Dr. Landy.
* ModestyBedsheet: Brian and Melinda have a lengthy scene together while covered in bedsheets.
* MushroomSamba: While we don't see much of it, Brian's description of his first time trying LSD is very trippy.
* ModestyBedsheet: Brian and Melinda have a lengthy scene together while covered in bedsheets.
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* RuleOfPool: Young Brian hops in a pool fully clothed during a celebration at a party. During a meeting with the band, he also dives in fully clothed.
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* BadassCrew: The Wrecking Crew, the real life session musicians Brian hire in order to help make ''Pet Sounds'' and ''Smile''.
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Wait, that description isn’t entirely truthful. In the mid-1980s, Brian Wilson (Cusack) is an EmptyShell controlled by his abusive doctor/legal guardian/[[TheSvengali 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) Ledbetter (Banks), a Cadillac saleswoman who [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect falls in love with Wilson]] [[{{Determinator}} and works to get Landy out of his life.]]
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Mike Love is portrayed as a contrarian jerkass, particularly with his skepticism about Brian taking the band in a new direction on Pet Sounds. However at the time they were one of the top bands in the world because of their lighthearted songs about surfing and having fun. Many of those songs have remained timeless classics for fifty years so he doesn't see why they should break a successful formula.
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* Strawman has a point: StrawmanHasAPoint: Mike Love is portrayed as a contrarian jerkass, particularly with his skepticism about Brian taking the band in a new direction on Pet Sounds. However at the time they were one of the top bands in the world because of their lighthearted songs about surfing and having fun. Many of those songs have remained timeless classics for fifty years so he doesn't see why they should break a successful formula.
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In the mid-1960s, Brian Wilson (Dano) is riding high. As the talented LeadBassist of Music/TheBeachBoys, he enjoys both wealth and success. However, a panic attack on an airplane along with the release of ''Music/{{Rubber Soul}}'' prompts him to stay in California crafting a more experimental, personal album with no filler, ''Music/PetSounds''. However, while crafting the follow-up ''Music/{{Smile}}'', Wilson’s mental health takes a downward spiral turn as drugs and stress drive him past the brink of sanity…
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In the mid-1960s, Brian Wilson (Dano) is riding high. As the talented LeadBassist of Music/TheBeachBoys, he enjoys both wealth and success. However, a panic attack on an airplane along with the release of ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' ''Music/{{Rubber Soul}}'' prompts him to stay in California crafting a more experimental, personal album with no filler, ''Music/PetSounds''. However, while crafting the follow-up ''Music/{{Smile}}'', Wilson’s mental health takes a downward spiral as drugs and stress drive him past the brink of sanity…
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Confused? Well to put it more succinctly, Love & Mercy [[TwoLinesNoWaiting jumps back and forth between these two plots]] in order to tell the story of Brian Wilson’s life.
life and music and how they're affected today.
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* DrJerk: DoctorJerk: Landy.
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* CreatorBreakdown: Im universe, after his panic attack, Brian slowly starts to succumb to his schizophrenia over the production of ''Pet Sounds'' and ''Smile''.
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->''"I'm Brian Wilson. From Music/TheBeachBoys?"''
Love & Mercy is a 2014 {{Biopic}} focused on the life of Creator/BrianWilson and starring Creator/PaulDano, Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/ElizabethBanks and Creator/PaulGiamatti.
In the mid-1960s, Brian Wilson (Dano) is riding high. As the talented LeadBassist of Music/TheBeachBoys, he enjoys both wealth and success. However, a panic attack on an airplane along with the release of ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' prompts him to stay in California crafting a more experimental, personal album with no filler, ''Music/PetSounds''. However, while crafting the follow-up ''Music/{{Smile}}'', Wilson’s mental health takes a downward spiral 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 EmptyShell controlled by his abusive doctor/legal guardian/[[TheSvengali 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 [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect falls in love with Wilson]] [[{{Determinator}} and works to get Landy out of his life.]]
Confused? Well to put it more succinctly, Love & Mercy [[TwoLinesNoWaiting jumps back and forth between these two plots]] in order to tell the story of Brian Wilson’s life.
!!Tropes present:
* AbusiveParents: 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, [[spoiler: and dispassionately reveals that he sold the back catalog for $750,000, pushing Brian into his HeroicBSOD.]]
* AnachronicOrder: As stated above, the film cuts back and forth between the two stories. However, it’s pretty easy to follow.
* BadassCrew: The Wrecking Crew, the real life session musicians Brian hire in order to help make ''Pet Sounds'' and ''Smile''.
* BeardOfEvil: Mike Love.
* {{Biopic}}
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Deconstructed with Brian. While he may be a musical genius, his unconventional, perfectionist attitudes combined with drug abuse and a worsening mental state lead to his decades-long HeroicBSOD.
* CommanderContrarian: Mike Love. When the rest of the band returns from Japan and hears ''Pet Sounds'' for the first time, they all somewhat approve of it. Mike is less impressed and wants the music to be StrictlyFormula.
* CreatorBreakdown: After his panic attack, Brian slowly starts to succumb to his schizophrenia over the production of ''Pet Sounds'' and ''Smile''.
* {{Determinator}}: Melinda tries her hardest to find some way to get Landy out of Brian’s life [[spoiler: and succeeds.]]
* TheDragon: An interesting example. Landy’s assistants seem more concerned regarding Brian than Landy does.
* DrJerk: Landy.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Brian ends up free from Landy’s control, marries Melinda and finally finishes ''Smile''.
* EmptyShell: Brian in the 1980s is an overmedicated mess of a man who has everything out of his control.
* EurekaMoment: After Brian plays the melody for Good Vibrations for hours on end; he has a conversation with Mike who mentions something about animals giving off vibrations.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Melinda falls in love with Brian partly because he’s a desperate man yearning for freedom.
* HearingVoices: Brian.
* HeroicBSOD: The 1980s plotline shows him slowly getting out of it. The 1960s plotline shows HowWeGotHere.
* InNameOnly: Mike is peeved that ''Pet Sounds'' really only has The Beach Boys’ voices on them instead of playing their instruments.
* {{Jerkass}}: Murry Wilson, as seen under AbusiveParents.
** Mike Love counts as well. He takes an ItWillNeverCatchOn approach to ''Pet Sounds'', is relieved when the album becomes an AcclaimedFlop and writes and records ''Smiley Smile'' with a StrictlyFormula approach.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: While Melinda has a more down-to-earth personality than most examples of this trope, she still gets Brian free from Landy’s control.
* NoExceptYes:
-->'''80s Brian''': "People always say I spent [[HeroicBSOD two years in bed.]] They were wrong. I spent ''three'' years in bed."
* IJustWriteTheThing: 60s Brian states how his music is a manifestation of what he hears in his head.
* ThePerfectionist: Brian’s attitudes lead to him alienating the rest of The Beach Boys.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When The Beach Boys and Van Dyke Parks host a poolside meeting to discuss Brian’s behavior, the latter mentions how [[TeenGenius he’s been writing music since he was 14]], then promptly leaves.
* ShownTheirWork: The movie makes an effort to show photos, videos and studio methods as accurately as possible.
* StrictlyFormula: Mike Love’s approach to songwriting imposed on Brian.
* TheSvengali: Landy. He’s shown to clearly mooch off Brian’s wealth and tries to get him to obey his every command.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting
* WordSaladLyrics: Mike is put off by Brian and Van Dyke writing Smile with this trope in mind.
Love & Mercy is a 2014 {{Biopic}} focused on the life of Creator/BrianWilson and starring Creator/PaulDano, Creator/JohnCusack, Creator/ElizabethBanks and Creator/PaulGiamatti.
In the mid-1960s, Brian Wilson (Dano) is riding high. As the talented LeadBassist of Music/TheBeachBoys, he enjoys both wealth and success. However, a panic attack on an airplane along with the release of ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' prompts him to stay in California crafting a more experimental, personal album with no filler, ''Music/PetSounds''. However, while crafting the follow-up ''Music/{{Smile}}'', Wilson’s mental health takes a downward spiral 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 EmptyShell controlled by his abusive doctor/legal guardian/[[TheSvengali 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 [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect falls in love with Wilson]] [[{{Determinator}} and works to get Landy out of his life.]]
Confused? Well to put it more succinctly, Love & Mercy [[TwoLinesNoWaiting jumps back and forth between these two plots]] in order to tell the story of Brian Wilson’s life.
!!Tropes present:
* AbusiveParents: 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, [[spoiler: and dispassionately reveals that he sold the back catalog for $750,000, pushing Brian into his HeroicBSOD.]]
* AnachronicOrder: As stated above, the film cuts back and forth between the two stories. However, it’s pretty easy to follow.
* BadassCrew: The Wrecking Crew, the real life session musicians Brian hire in order to help make ''Pet Sounds'' and ''Smile''.
* BeardOfEvil: Mike Love.
* {{Biopic}}
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Deconstructed with Brian. While he may be a musical genius, his unconventional, perfectionist attitudes combined with drug abuse and a worsening mental state lead to his decades-long HeroicBSOD.
* CommanderContrarian: Mike Love. When the rest of the band returns from Japan and hears ''Pet Sounds'' for the first time, they all somewhat approve of it. Mike is less impressed and wants the music to be StrictlyFormula.
* CreatorBreakdown: After his panic attack, Brian slowly starts to succumb to his schizophrenia over the production of ''Pet Sounds'' and ''Smile''.
* {{Determinator}}: Melinda tries her hardest to find some way to get Landy out of Brian’s life [[spoiler: and succeeds.]]
* TheDragon: An interesting example. Landy’s assistants seem more concerned regarding Brian than Landy does.
* DrJerk: Landy.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Brian ends up free from Landy’s control, marries Melinda and finally finishes ''Smile''.
* EmptyShell: Brian in the 1980s is an overmedicated mess of a man who has everything out of his control.
* EurekaMoment: After Brian plays the melody for Good Vibrations for hours on end; he has a conversation with Mike who mentions something about animals giving off vibrations.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Melinda falls in love with Brian partly because he’s a desperate man yearning for freedom.
* HearingVoices: Brian.
* HeroicBSOD: The 1980s plotline shows him slowly getting out of it. The 1960s plotline shows HowWeGotHere.
* InNameOnly: Mike is peeved that ''Pet Sounds'' really only has The Beach Boys’ voices on them instead of playing their instruments.
* {{Jerkass}}: Murry Wilson, as seen under AbusiveParents.
** Mike Love counts as well. He takes an ItWillNeverCatchOn approach to ''Pet Sounds'', is relieved when the album becomes an AcclaimedFlop and writes and records ''Smiley Smile'' with a StrictlyFormula approach.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: While Melinda has a more down-to-earth personality than most examples of this trope, she still gets Brian free from Landy’s control.
* NoExceptYes:
-->'''80s Brian''': "People always say I spent [[HeroicBSOD two years in bed.]] They were wrong. I spent ''three'' years in bed."
* IJustWriteTheThing: 60s Brian states how his music is a manifestation of what he hears in his head.
* ThePerfectionist: Brian’s attitudes lead to him alienating the rest of The Beach Boys.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When The Beach Boys and Van Dyke Parks host a poolside meeting to discuss Brian’s behavior, the latter mentions how [[TeenGenius he’s been writing music since he was 14]], then promptly leaves.
* ShownTheirWork: The movie makes an effort to show photos, videos and studio methods as accurately as possible.
* StrictlyFormula: Mike Love’s approach to songwriting imposed on Brian.
* TheSvengali: Landy. He’s shown to clearly mooch off Brian’s wealth and tries to get him to obey his every command.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting
* WordSaladLyrics: Mike is put off by Brian and Van Dyke writing Smile with this trope in mind.
