A Complete Unknown first review: Timothée Chalamet is ‘convincing’ in ‘conventional’ Bob Dylan biopic

Timothy is ‘bright and reliable’

Guardian notes, “Timothée Chalamet’s hilarious and charming portrayal of Bob Dylan makes him the smiling, irascible and reluctant leader of his generation, whose refusal to crucify the cross of folk-acoustic purity is his own crucifixion.” BBC echoes, “Fortunately, it turns out that Timmy is brilliant here and completely believable, even better than in the movie. He sings and plays guitar and harmonica with apparent ease, and creates a thoroughly impressive incarnation of Dylan.

Earlier, in his first statement about his upcoming biographical drama A Complete Unknown, singing legend Bob Dylan praised Timothée Chalamet, calling him a “brilliant actor”, and that he is sure he would be like him “completely. would be “reliable” in this manner. His approval silenced critics who had doubted Timothy since his first announcement.

‘Traditional’ biopic

However, indiewire Called A Complete Unknown “depressingly anonymous”. “A Complete Unknown presents one of the most influential personalities of our lifetime as a creature so alienated from the culture that shaped him that it all but deprives him of any agency of his own , a sentiment exemplified by the film’s unwillingness to engage with its political context,” the review said. “Disappointingly, for a story about a poetic genius, it struggles to find something new to say,” Empire It is said on similar lines.

A Complete Unknown is based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric by Elijah Wald. It would focus on Dylan’s controversial decision to adopt the electric guitar in 1965, which alienated many of his original fans. The film is scheduled to be released in American theaters on Christmas Day.