‘A Complete Unknown’ Review: Timothée Chalamet Is Uncanny as Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s Offbeat and Incandescent Biopic
variety.comOwen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In one of the many incandescent, finely layered scenes that make up “A Complete Unknown,” James Mangold’s entrancingly offbeat drama about the early years of Bob Dylan, we watch Dylan (Timothée Chalamet) and Joan Baez (Monica Barbaro), who’ve been involved musically and romantically, perform a duet at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964.
They’re singing Dylan’s “It Ain’t Me Babe,” and the way their voices blend (their smiles too) creates a sound so pure it feels sunlit.
Mangold lets the song roll on in its entirety, as he does with many of the songs in “A Complete Unknown,” so that they literally become the story the movie is telling.
This number is like a shimmering dream, but part of it is the drama that’s unfolding beneath. Baez, at this point, has had it with Dylan.
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