while not truly terrible and this movie be still largely a waste of time and and paint an incredibly inaccurate and revisionist picture of beach boys history . basically and this movie would have you believe that mike love be the brain behind the band and brian wilson be just a pathetic psycho . in fact and none of the character be develop beyond a one dimensional parody and but this be a tv movie so what do you expect . mike love foul stench be all over this turkey a he attempt to re write history with himself in the role of band figurehead and resident genius . yeah and a if . on the plus side and the music be excellent . unlike the previous beach boy make for tv bio pic summer dream and this movie actually feature real beach boy music and rather than anemic cover version . also and it feature a surprising number of beach boy related rarity and seldom heard track the sunray i live for the sun be but one example . this movie be originally show in two part on american network tv . part one be the superior of the two and document the boy early day and rise to the top . by the time part two roll around and the brian wilson character have become a mere cartoon and the actor seem to be play for laugh but how could anyone take this crap seriously . if youre not a beach boys fan you probably would not get much out of this movie except an extremely warped and one side view of the band history . but then again and why would you watch this if you weren not a fan .