


Him, and a mini-entourage trailing the bodyguard), charms attractive young Into a Cadillac dealership (although we soon see he’s got a bodyguard trailing Eugene Landy, whoīecame such a part of Wilson’s life that he presumed to make himself a partner Of at least one bandmate who doesn’t get why Brian isn’t writing more hits, andĪn increasingly fragile psychic state that is not helped by an exposure to LSD.Ĭusack plays the Wilson of the late '80s, supposedly brought back from aĬomplete psychotic break by psychological miracle worker Dr. Salesperson Melinda ( Elizabeth Banks), who at first has no idea who the sweetlyĮccentric fellow is. Isolation, but when intercut with scenes of the younger Wilson shrinking at theĭisapprobation of the father-who beat him to deafness in one ear, but from whom Brian still craves approval-or theĬousin/bandmate who hectors him over jokey song lyrics and musical direction, His monstrous manipulations are bad enough in Giamatti, has by this point in time morphed from someone in service of Wilson Landy, played with terrifying intensity and smarm by Paul After telling her he wants the car in which they’ve stolenĪ few precious moments removed from the outside world, he scrawls on herīusiness card and leaves it on the steering wheel of the car. The movie creates a ratherĮffective suspense story: as Melinda gets closer and closer to Brian, under They are genuinely heart-rending and angering. Landy’s paranoid gaze, one wonders just how much fortitude Mr.
