Rating: R | Runtime: 141 minutes
Release Date: December 25th, 2024 (USA)
Studio: Searchlight Pictures
Director(s): James Mangold
Writer(s): James Mangold and Jay Cocks / Elijah Wald (book Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties)
Did you just come here so I could watch you write?
Oh, Joan. My thoughts exactly.
The same reasons why she and Sylvie had enough with Bob are why I was quick to be done with him too. Kind of a one-note performance by Chalamet (enigmatic troubled contrarian just isn’t really cinematic) because Dylan is a one-note character (intentionally so). His music speaks for him.
Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash was hilarious, though. And Ed Norton’s Pete Seeger as the heart of the whole is the reason to watch. Now there’s an actor: all Mr. Rogers “aw shucks” on the surface, but a full, complicated, and empathetic soul underneath.
Nominee:
Motion Picture, Lead Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Directing, Adapted Screenplay, Sound, Costume Design
Edward Norton and Timothée Chalamet in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
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