‘A Complete Unknown’ Channels the Secret of Bob Dylan

variety.com:

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic “A Complete Unknown” is the rare Hollywood movie that has inspired a reckoning. Everywhere, on social media, in mainstream media, or simply on the part of so many who have seen the film, a tingling conversation is taking place — a kind of collective meditation/investigation into who Bob Dylan was, who he is, what he meant back then and what he means now.

What’s striking is that very little of this is Dylan nostalgia — i.e., the boomers getting misty-eyed with self-importance about “their” beloved icon.

And if that’s what it was, it would be lame. (No one would hate it more than Dylan.) The Dylan conversation that’s been ignited is very present tense and alive, and very exploratory.

It’s about the movie, but it’s bigger than the movie. It’s about everyone who has seen “A Complete Unknown,” or everyone who simply grew up with Dylan, looking anew at the question: What was it about him?