---
title: 'Love and Mercy (2014)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bill Pohlad'
released: '2014-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 121
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/love-and-mercy-2014'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903657/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Love and Mercy (2014)

2014 · 121 min · Drama, History, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Love & Mercy is a 2014 American biographical drama film directed by Bill Pohlad about the Beach Boys' co-founder and leader Brian Wilson and his struggles with mental illness during the 1960s and 1980s. It stars Paul Dano and John Cusack as the young and older Wilson, respectively, with Elizabeth Banks as his second wife Melinda Ledbetter and Paul Giamatti as his psychologist Dr. Eugene Landy. The title comes from Wilson's 1988 song of the same name.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Brian Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-wilson), [Bill Pohlad](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-pohlad), [John Wells](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wells)
- **Director:** [Bill Pohlad](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-pohlad)
- **Screenplay:** [Oren Moverman](https://cinepixo.com/people/oren-moverman), [Michael Alan Lerner](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-alan-lerner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Atticus Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/atticus-ross)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Yeoman](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-yeoman)

## Cast

- [Jake Abel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jake-abel)
- [Paul Giamatti](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-giamatti)
- [Nick Gehlfuss](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-gehlfuss)
- [Bill Camp](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-camp)
- [Brett Davern](https://cinepixo.com/people/brett-davern)
- [Jonathan Slavin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-slavin)
- [John Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cusack)
- [Brian Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-wilson)
- [Haylee Roderick](https://cinepixo.com/people/haylee-roderick)
- [Kenny Wormald](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenny-wormald)
- [Carolyn Stotesbery](https://cinepixo.com/people/carolyn-stotesbery)
- [MAX](https://cinepixo.com/people/max)
- [Graham Rogers](https://cinepixo.com/people/graham-rogers)
- [Dee Wallace](https://cinepixo.com/people/dee-wallace)
- [Wayne Bastrup](https://cinepixo.com/people/wayne-bastrup)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/love-and-mercy-2014
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