‘A Complete Unknown’ review: Timothée Chalamet makes a killer Bob Dylan in biopic

nypost.com:

Back to Black” and “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” the answer, my friend, is Timothée Chalamet.The 28-year-old “Dune” actor, who convincingly does all his own singing here, was the perfect choice to play Dylan.

Really, the only choice. He makes the movie.Carrying his indie roots with him like a membership card on every frame, Chalamet has Dylan’s same art-before-fame persona, his New York cool, his hair that’s blowin’ in the wind.

Most vital, he ably handles the singer’s signature nasal twang in both song and speech. Some 40 tunes, all told.And, because Mangold has made a quiet and intimate film — not a cliche, showboating one of tears and tragedy — Chalamet never pushes these traits into a silly tribute act.

Far from an animatronic impersonator, the actor is always honest and believable.While Mangold and Jay Cocks’ screenplay doesn’t go too deep into what’s going on in Dylan’s head and heart, Chalamet fills the void with a layered, magnetic and unexpectedly relatable portrait of a music genius.“A Complete Unknown” is smartly contained to 1961 through 1965, from Dylan’s “three bucks, two bags, one me!” arrival in downtown Manhattan to him being booed off the stage at the ‘65 Newport Folk Festival.