The Beach Boys 2024

Reviews (76)

1. R

   Ryan McGlade 8 月 25, 2026

   “Kokomo” plays over the end credits but The Beach Boys Love You is never mentioned

   372 8
2. D

   DJKenter 8 月 25, 2026

   “…and the Beach Boys did nothing else after 1975!” *roll credits*

   483 3
3. M

   matthew blum 8 月 25, 2026

   ahh yes, notable victim mike love.

   259
4. M

   Maynard 8 月 25, 2026

   does this make mike love an official disney villain?

   277
5. C

   carley :) 8 月 25, 2026

   mike love is the most evil man in this documentary which features CHARLES MANSON

   229
6. B

   bladerunner15 8 月 25, 2026

   While watching this documentary, play the following drinking game: Take a shot whenever the film: – Features an interview with Mike Love peddling his signature brand of self-serving revisionist history, where he actually had an equal songwriting partnership with Brian this whole time – Cuts to a B-list celebrity, who has nothing to do with The Beach Boys, talking about how much the band means to them – Mentions The Beatles and how the two bands pushed each other’s creative limits. Throw in an extra shot for mentions of the Rubber Soul —> Pet Sounds —> Sgt. Pepper’s timeline – References The Beach Boys being a family band – Talks about how although they all sang about surfing, no one…

   191 3
7. M

   Matt Singer 8 月 25, 2026

   The discordant story of a harmonic band. Their beloved songs evoke pure joy and fun, and yet this look behind the scenes is mostly turmoil and strife. Murry Wilson tried to control his sons. He sold their publishing rights without their permission, costing the family tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. Mike Love couldn’t stand Brian Wilson getting all the attention, and later sued him for songwriting credit. Brian couldn’t stand himself getting all the attention, and lost his mind. Band members quit or retired; they hired various buddies and session musicians to bolster their ranks. Frankly, it’s amazing their sound remained so consistent and distinct when so many different dudes came and went! This is a respectable telling…

   262
8. J

   Jack Glenn 8 月 25, 2026

   the uncomfortable laughter in the theater when the giant imax frame dissolves into charles manson

   197
9. O

   Olivia Lampros 8 月 25, 2026

   Since this is Disney I‘d imagine this has the greatest budget of any Beach Boys documentary ever made and yet it somehow manages to exclude: — Dennis DYING in 1983 by drowning drunk while diving for shit he threw in the ocean 3 yrs prior — Any real discussion of Brian’s mental illness beyond “he was in bed a lot.” Like we don’t even get a diagnosis — Brian being under conservatorship with a shitty psychologist who controlled and drugged him for years — Dennis marrying Mike Love’s (alleged) estranged daughter (i.e. Dennis probably fucked his first cousin once removed) — Really anything meaningful about God Only Knows (crime punishable by death btw) — The degree to which Dennis was involved…

   254 5
10. D

    Dante 8 月 25, 2026

    i’ve kind of snapped in the last two weeks and read about seven different books about The Beach Boys (thank you archive.org) so obviously i don’t particularly need to watch this because what is there left for me to know about The Beach Boys beyond Dennis Wilson’s ghost coming to me in a dream and telling me to hunt down Mike Love and kill him and to stream Pacific Ocean Blue on Spotify (that’s a really good album by the way) but it’s really funny and almost kind of jarring how extensively this covers basically everything up to the dissolution of SMiLE and than loses steam by briefly talking about Smiley Smile and the other two “bedroom” albums (which basically…

    361 15
11. N

    nevepratt 8 月 15, 2026

    Alright but where’s John Stamos

    9
12. H

    HazySpiralss 8 月 14, 2026

    beach

13. M

    MG 8 月 14, 2026

    mike “bitch-ass” love

14. N

    Nugento 8 月 13, 2026

    I liked the way this doco went through the story of the Beach Boys, but it seemingly also left a lot behind the curtains. Very much a narrative of their lives from an outsiders perspective rather than a deep dive into their true psyches. Hard to rate because it’s enjoyable nonetheless, just lacks some integrity perhaps.

15. P

    páris 8 月 11, 2026

    Que bien que Brian Wilson pudo ver lo que pet sounds tuvo que ser desde un inicio, lloré mucho

16. N

    nikki 8 月 11, 2026

    i didn’t even expect to cry to this i love it

17. D

    Diego Orellana 8 月 11, 2026

    Gracias PeT sounds

    1
18. O

    Olivia 8 月 9, 2026

    60s California theme ctd.

19. Y

    yoceaser867 8 月 7, 2026

    I had an absolute joyride it was a Good vibration

20. E

    emilia🎀🎀 8 月 7, 2026

    Mina favoriter ❤️

21. G

    Gustav 8 月 6, 2026

    I’m very glad that Forever written by Dennis Wilson had a moment in the film, that was nice. Unfortunately, throughout the rest of the film, nothing was really dedicated to talking about their music in any meaningful way. “Pet Sounds was good” that’s it. Kind of mentioned it, but not really, so I’ll state it in my review. The Beach Boys’ story does not have a happy ending. Dennis Wilson died in 1983 (during the “revival” ending of the documentary!)…

    4
22. E

    et_lavery 8 月 6, 2026

    Say this is a pretty good Beach Boys documentary. It even managed to make me me feel a positive emotion towards Mike Love… wait where’s the rest of it?

23. A

    aliceforu 8 月 6, 2026

    I spent 2h with my sister saying bad things about Dennis Wilson. I actually cried, cuz no, brian wasnt the only one who suffered. Not saying he didnt. I get that people could know me since i was born and still they do not anything about me. Ive always been a Dennis.

24. S

    Sonny Pope 8 月 4, 2026

    Wow I fucking hate this

25. M

    mariluagostini 8 月 2, 2026

    surfin’ usa AMOOO

26. L

    lonesomeelvis 8 月 2, 2026

    EMOTIONSLOP WORKS ON ME THIS TOOK ME A WEEK TO WATCH BECAUSE I KEPT CRYING

27. R

    raq 7 月 31, 2026

    the beach boys deserve better :/ this doc was ok for the most part. i liked the inclusion of their relationship/rivalry with the beatles. but i felt that overall it was just a very nothing doc. the beach boys had the most insane lore and it could’ve been so good 😭 mike love is incredibly annoying in this omfg. i really wished it delved deeper into their mid to late 70s period of their career! the backstory of the beach…

28. J

    jaidra!🐛 7 月 31, 2026

    this really is just mike love propaganda, I guess I’m glad I didn’t have to stare into his piercing blue eyes for almost two hours but wow I love you brian wilson please come back ☹️

29. M

    majinkaaaq 7 月 29, 2026

    Beatles mentioned takže peak

30. K

    ky 7 月 28, 2026

    was like half paying attention

31. C

    Colby James 7 月 27, 2026

    So is there supposed to be a part 2 or….?

32. S

    SirSushi 7 月 26, 2026

    Peak, goated band

33. D

    Danny Ward 7 月 26, 2026

    Beach boys vs Beatles is my version of heated rivalry

    1
34. G

    Grace 7 月 25, 2026

    No notes. Brian was the genius of the group. Everything they recorded up to and including Pet Sounds is their best work

35. I

    Il_grande_uomo 7 月 24, 2026

    “Il look definitivo ai Beach Boys” meno definitivo che io abbia mai visto ah e fanculo Mike Love stupido pezzodimerdatiodiotiodiotiodiooooooo

    1
36. W

    Wiglar 7 月 23, 2026

    Truly America’s band.

37. T

    tommykasson 7 月 22, 2026

    i like the beach boys 😀

    3 1
38. H

    HaffiO 7 月 22, 2026

    Það vantði svona 500 meiri mins af lore þarna, það var talað um god only knows í svona 2 min tops???

    1
39. S

    soapy 7 月 21, 2026

    brian is my favorite

40. M

    mad_austris 7 月 21, 2026

    it’s my time to shine as a musician too

41. A

    Alex_G123 7 月 21, 2026

    “Haha yeah, we were friends with a serial killer, anyways…”

    1
42. A

    aerynpoo 7 月 20, 2026

    Dennis wilson causing the manson murders is crazy work

    1
43. ☆

    ☆ Sophie ☆ 7 月 19, 2026

    Sanitised…to quite an alarming degree.

44. S

    Sylvia 7 月 18, 2026

    I love The Beach Boys

45. G

    Guy Bennett 7 月 16, 2026

    The Beach Boys (2024) I don’t know as much about The Beach Boys as perhaps I should, beyond enjoying the same songs that everybody knows, so I’ve gone into a few albums recently and decided this doc would be a good place to start. …I was kinda right, it was a fun, fast moving and enjoyable documentary for a while then it ends by doing that thing that all band documentaries seem to do which is hit the less popular…

46. D

    dhiaanbruh 7 月 13, 2026

    I love the beach, music, and the vibe bro. Put men back in flares I beg.

47. B

    BlackJackVideo 7 月 13, 2026

    First time viewing via the Disney+ streaming service. ———————————————————————————— AV Set Up: -TCL – 75” Class F35-Series 4K UHD HDR LED Smart Fire TV -Samsung HW-Q800D 5.1.2 ch Soundbar -Sony PlayStation 5 -Dynastar LG UBKM9 Region Free 4K UHD Blu-ray Player -Samsung Galaxy Book5 15.6” FHD IPS LED Laptop – Intel Core Ultra 7 – 16GB Memory – 512GB SSD – Silver -Plex Media Server

48. J

    jamiooo 7 月 13, 2026

    it was fine?… i mean its not bad but its not THAT good… i’ve def seen better documentaries

49. 🦉

    🦉 7 月 11, 2026

    very surface-level doc. it was… fine? i guess? i mean, pet sounds always makes me emotional but that’s the fault of the music, not the film. its alright. don’t like how sympathetic it is towards mike love of all people…

50. T

    Timber 7 月 10, 2026

    I really liked this documentary considering I loved some of their most famous songs but couldn’t even name all the band members, but having read other reviews if I was a more knowledgable fan I think my opinion on it would be very different since Disney does not really address a lot of important issues and big key parts of the beach boys history as a band, especially over time considering they didn’t break up officially ever.. like “it’s all…

    1
51. S

    SarahJessicaParker 7 月 9, 2026

    Every time I watch a documentary about a boy band I end up a little sad (and with a little more music on my playlist)

52. S

    summer :3 7 月 8, 2026

    they tried to rename the band beach 😭😭

53. I

    isaa_bellaa 7 月 8, 2026

    Wow altså, jeg elsker bare the beach boys (og the beatles 🤫)

54. J

    Jamie 7 月 5, 2026

    Banging band, the doctumetry was fine I guess. But nothing compared to their music.

55. V

    Victor Ferres 7 月 4, 2026

    Emocionante documentário dessa banda tão importante para música. Recomendo!

56. T

    The Midnight Rambler 7 月 4, 2026

    I hope Brian, Carl, and Dennis are all looking down and sticking their tongues out at Mike Love.

57. M

    mia 7 月 4, 2026

    somebody needs to kill mike love im being so serious rn he’s got to go

58. J

    Jimmy64 7 月 4, 2026

    I cared for Mike Love, I’d be pretentious too if I was a Beach Boy, and jealous of my cousin Brian Wilson.

59. X

    xansexual 7 月 3, 2026

    Lucky enough to have seen Al Jardine & the Pet Sounds band with Jakey on Sunday so this felt right to watch tonight. Pet Sounds forever, all timer 💘 my heart always swells listening to these guys

60. K

    Kristian Larsen Hestås 7 月 3, 2026

    Den burde vært lenger, så den kunn ha dekkt meir av det som skjedd etter 1975, men e elska Beach Boys. Så det går bra.

    2
61. J

    janevirginia 7 月 1, 2026

    they were way hotter than i remembered

62. C

    carolarecords 6 月 30, 2026

    acho que poderia ter ficado sem essa pois eu gosto da musica deles mas descobri que nao tenho paciencia pra dinamica desses homens todos ai e q se foda a historia deles na real……….. tolerancia baixissima homens num geral e principalmente para homens “””genios””” Dito isto nao tenho absolutamente nada contra nenhum deles exceto o love esse ai pode ir pro caralho mesma

63. J

    Joe Brunett 6 月 30, 2026

    Was super into this until I heard the AI voiceovers. Such a shame!

    7
64. G

    Guðmundur Daðason 6 月 29, 2026

    Love the Beach Boys so much, but this is a terrible documentary 😂

    3
65. S

    Sean Malloy 6 月 29, 2026

    A pretty meh music documentary about one of America’s most important groups. It really doesn’t dig into many of the interesting stories I know of that are actually pretty dark for a band that, on the surface, is so upbeat, and their image and music paint such a rosy picture of Southern California in the 50s and 70s. But it was nice to hear from lesser-known members of the band and how each dealt with the dynamic of a band…

66. S

    Seally7712 6 月 28, 2026

    Its so weird how these music documentaries are just pushing various agendas… almost as if they are not unbiased as listed?

67. M

    Mj_rose 6 月 28, 2026

    my’s sweet boys love then so much but you never understand how

68. G

    grainnne 6 月 27, 2026

    this is me realising they were all also very handsome

69. G

    gabyvettese 6 月 27, 2026

    how tf do u make a documentary and miss some KEY stuff 🥀 music was bomb tho

    3
70. B

    BenParadise 6 月 24, 2026

    They actually tried to change their name to “beach”

    1
71. N

    Nick3704 6 月 24, 2026

    This is one of the best documentaries that I have watched. The Beach Boys will always be special to me. Today’s music will never beat the music of the past including The Beach Boys.

72. A

    AStarIsScorn 6 月 24, 2026

    How is this a definitive look at The Beach Boys when they don’t even talk about Dennis’ death or Brian being institutionalized? It leaves a lot out that you wouldn’t know if it this was your only exposure to the group. Enjoyed learning about the early days of the band. Once again, never mix family with management. I can’t imagine how much money was lost by selling their publishing. I have never liked Mike Love and to be honest, this did…

73. A

    Ava 6 月 22, 2026

    mike love go to hell brian wilson in heaven making bangers probably

74. N

    Nico 6 月 22, 2026

    This isn’t as good as documentary as you would think it doesn’t do the beach boys enough justice for how really influential and important like why tf is the guy who made counting stars telling me how Brian Wilson influenced him what has that guy done genuinely anyway they also fail to mention how chaotic the group and their individual life’s were it seems like they brush off major events as you remember that one time ? That was pretty…

75. A

    Aaron Spears 6 月 14, 2026

    A perfect fine, often insightful, and also very quick introduction to an iconic band. I hate to suggest it, but this should have been a series. I know, we don’t need everything turned into a series. But this needed to be as long and as comprehensive as OJ: Made in America and Long Strange Trip.

76. R

    Ramon Ford 1 月 10, 2026

    The documentary was alright, but it was heavily carried by the music. There’s so much interesting aspects about the bands entire career yet they skip through so much (Love You, M.I.U, 2012 Reunion Tour, etc). They even use so little of Al compared to Mike which is pretty crazy.