In the 1960s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 1980s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.
       Brian Wilson is the creative soul of the Beach Boys, but he paid a heavy price for his talent. That especially shows during his peak artistic year in the 1960s, as his inner demon and obsession trying to please his abusive father drive him to a mental breakdown that would plague him for year. In the 1980s, with Brian barely functional under the domination of the uncrupulous Dr. Landy, Brian meets and falls in love with Melinda Ledbetter. As their relationhip grows, she observes Brian's crippling subservience to the abusive psychotherapist with growing alarm. Ultimately, she must take action with a love willing to stand up to oppression she cannot ignore.

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