Featured Audience Ratings

• Daniel M

  
  I've spoken in the past about the various problems associated with making biopics. In my review of Ed Wood I commented that there is a continual clash between "the supposedly objective, historical record of events and the subjective sensibility of the filmmaker", which… More
  I've spoken in the past about the various problems associated with making biopics. In my review of Ed Wood I commented that there is a continual clash between "the supposedly objective, historical record of events and the subjective sensibility of the filmmaker", which can only be resolved if the filmmaker makes his or her intentions clear from the outset. I'm Not There is an audacious twist on the biographical genre, which like its contemporary Capote maintains a level of distance and detachment from the character it is depicting or inspired by. Todd Haynes gives us a handful of characters or personas, each playing a different part of Bob Dylan's character in isolation from the others. Ultimately the film never quite comes together like Haynes' previous work, but it deserves a lot of credit for its originality and moments of brilliance. Whether by merit or by reputation, Bob Dylan is one of the hardest celebrities to put on screen. He is in the company of Marilyn Monroe, Peter Sellers and John Lennon, being someone of so many identities and contradicting parts that any performance risks being just a good impression or pleasing caricature. And that's before we get into the legal battle surrounding the previous attempt to depict him, in the Edie Sedgwick biopic Factory Girl. Dylan's lawyers argued that the character Billy Quinn was a means of implicating Dylan in Sedgwick's death, and attempted to stop the film being released until they were satisfied that their client wasn't being defamed. Considering that the Dylan cipher was being played by Hayden Christiansen, you have to wonder why they bothered. From this perspective, splitting Dylan into six different personas (none of whom are called Bob Dylan) makes perfect sense. It allows Haynes to have the best of both worlds, giving us all the detail we need in focussing on small sections of Dylan's life, and allowing the director to express his opinion in the demarcations he makes between the characters. We get from the very start that it's a personal interpretation of Dylan's life and legacy, and the amount of detail that goes into evoking each period compensates for any feeling that what we are seeing may not be entirely accurate. In terms of the actual performances of 'Dylan', they are quite a mixed bag. The best performance by a county mile is Cate Blanchett, who takes on the Jude Quinn persona of Dylan circa 1965, when he was booed at the Newport Folk Festival for playing an electric guitar. Blanchett plays Quinn as a skeletal, disaffected, cynical Dylan, rarely seen without his cigarettes or sunglasses, openly mocking the people around him and seeming to not give a damn about what anyone says or thinks of him. Blanchett brilliantly conveys the feeling of someone whose success has painted them into a corner, and who responded by deliberately alienating his 'fans' - a tactic which culminated in the 1970 album Self-Portrait, which Dylan described in interviews as a joke to get people off his back. The only downside to Blanchett's performance is that it leaves the other Dylans in the movie feeling overshadowed. Christian Bale is very good as both the young protest singer of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and the born-again gospel musician on Slow Train Coming. It's much more of an impression but is still convincing, especially considering he has the greatest character leap in the whole film. On the downside, Ben Whishaw feels underused and a little flat, Richard Gere effectively plays himself, and Heath Ledger doesn't look, sound or feel right. You might argue that on this last occasion it doesn't matter, since he's playing an actor playing the Christian Bale character. But there's something about his performance which feels forced, and we struggle to empathise with him during his scenes. Whether in and of itself or because of the varying performances, the central device of I'm Not There sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. On the good side, the inclusion of Marcus Carl Franklin as 'Woody Guthrie' does make sense. Guthrie was Dylan's childhood idol, and by having the character played by a black actor, it conveys the idea that both artists have their musical roots in old slave songs and the blues. Guthrie's guitar case, which carries the slogan 'This Machine Kills Fascists', is a further reflection of the characters' shared interest in the politics of their day, whether the Great Depression or the Cold War. The other interesting idea brought out by the device is the idea of celebrity being something intangible. Just as it can be hard nowadays to rationalise what certain people are famous for, so I'm Not There depicts Dylan's celebrity as something which cannot ever be fully grasped or described beyond the recognition that he probably deserves it. It's a welcome admission on the part of Haynes that someone as influential as Dylan cannot be reduced down to a single performance in a two-hour film - or at least, not one of this scope. But here too there is a problem. Since Haynes is effectively admitting the impossibility of depicting Dylan, you could make the argument that the film could have just been made about the Jude Quinn character. Out of all the personas, Blanchett's is the most dramatically interesting, the most controversial, and the most in keeping with the central themes. The film would have been more thematically and narratively focussed if it attempted a deconstruction of this character and his mythos, akin to The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. As it is, I'm Not There is a film of many interesting parts which only occasionally connect. The part of the film which most indicates this shambolic feeling is the section which Roger Ebert described as "the Richard Gere cowboy sequence". Gere plays outlaw Billy the Kid, who has gone into hiding from lawman Pat Garrett. These scenes are intended to pastiche Dylan's performance in Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, as well as conveying Dylan's nature as an outsider. But instead they feel like one long non-sequitur, with vague ideas about justice and rebellion coming to the fore but never being developed. Gere looks and feels out of place, like he had slept for thirty years and woke up thinking he was still in Days of Heaven. This sequence points to the biggest problem with I'm Not There, namely that it never truly gets under the skin of its main character. The film has a similar problem to The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, in that it recreates key events from Dylan's life without explaining why they are so significant. While Dylan fans will relish in the detail and pick up on every reference to his back catalogue, the film doesn't provide any real way in for the casual viewer who may be coming to Dylan for the first time. And like Gandhi, it relies all too often on us being interested in the reputation of the man, when what is really interesting and engaging is the different aspects of his character. In short the film gives us a number of performances, all of them artistically interesting but none of them particularly empathetic. The same goes for the some of the wonderful imagery contained in the film. One of the best moments comes when Dylan begins performing in Newport: his bands open their instrument cases, produce machine guns and proceed to open fire on their audience. It's a brilliant metaphor for the feeling of betrayal that surrounded Dylan's decision to go electric, and its rebellious quality recalls the ending of If..... But as much as we admire this moment, it still feels like a moment rather than a piece in a bigger theme or narrative. At its lowest points the film could just pass for a series of music videos, taking Dylan's music and pairing it with the oddest choice of images. I'm Not There is an admirable failure which contains moments of brilliance and insight but never entirely pulls itself together. It is possible to enjoy it purely for the music, and Haynes' status as a visually intriguing director remains assured. But all the good moments, especially Cate Blanchett's performance, make its shortcomings all the more disappointing. Dylan fans will be glued to its every move; the rest of us will wonder what all the fuss is about.

• Daniel P

  
  For my money, this is one of the best biopics ever made, perhaps particularly because its goal was to not make a butterfly pinned to the wall of its subject. Ever the chameleon, Dylan is portrayed here as six different characters that reflect an aspect of his persona, and all of their… More
  For my money, this is one of the best biopics ever made, perhaps particularly because its goal was to not make a butterfly pinned to the wall of its subject. Ever the chameleon, Dylan is portrayed here as six different characters that reflect an aspect of his persona, and all of their stories are brought to plausible endings, beyond what Dylan did with these identities, of course, because he never carried one persona from beginning to end. That the director, Todd Haynes, approaches his subject in this manner is in a way brilliant, especially in the scenes in which the Cate Blanchett-portrayed Jude refused to let the BBC reporter call him (her?) anything in the interview, repeatedly worming away from any attempt to pin him down. Blanchett might have been my favourite of the six - and Gere the least, I thought his storyline was extraneous - but overall, this is a brilliantly conceived, unorthodox biopic, and by making itself aware of the limits of its genre, it has perhaps transcended it. High art, in my mind, one of the sharper films made in recent years, and one that exposes all the best and worst and most challenging points of the biographical film. Loved it.

• Emil K

  
  I'm not there is a ambitious mess from director Todd Haynes. Once again Haynes, like his Douglas Sirk-like Far From Heaven, is using other directors voice to tell his unfocused story. There is clear influences of Jean-Luc Godard here and a rip off from Federico Fellini's… More
  I'm not there is a ambitious mess from director Todd Haynes. Once again Haynes, like his Douglas Sirk-like Far From Heaven, is using other directors voice to tell his unfocused story. There is clear influences of Jean-Luc Godard here and a rip off from Federico Fellini's Otto e Mezzo. Most of the sequences in this film work that well and Haynes does not achieve anything by being odd for the sake of being odd. Making singer/songwriter Bob Dylan a mystical and controversial figure feels very forced here. With the photpgraphy by Edward Lachmann this film does often look good, but that does not save it's content of being nothing more than a bunch of nonsense. I'm Not There there is a hipster-fantasy that is clearly supposed to be intellectual and playful, but only reminds me of Godard at his very worst. The cast is filled with talents, but only Cate Blanchett manages to get something out from Dylan's persona. Her scenes is the film's best thing and it might be that if the whole film would be about her chapter it would be something whole lot better. Now it is frustrating and boring experience to sit through.

• Jennifer X

  
  I have spent a week contemplating what to say about this movie and still I'm left speechless. I'll always be left speechless, I think. This might be the first movie I've been left simultaneously awed and confused as hell. And by awed I mean AWED the highest extent of… More
  I have spent a week contemplating what to say about this movie and still I'm left speechless. I'll always be left speechless, I think. This might be the first movie I've been left simultaneously awed and confused as hell. And by awed I mean AWED the highest extent of the word.<br/><br/>Of course I've got to give credit to ALL the Bob Dylans, not just Cate Blanchett. Each aspect of Dylan's character could be a stand-alone story by itself. Heath Ledger's story in particular made me cry because it was so beautiful and sad and flustered and self-assured all at once. I love how Haynes enmeshes each discrete style with a particular embodiment of Dylan, from grainy documentary to 8 1/2 Fellini to crackly b&w to expansive Western. The music is so perfectly selected, it's magical. <br/><br/>Haynes is a true auteur: methodical, original, and COOL. I cannot believe freaking Jason Reitman got an Oscar nomination when there's genius like Haynes lying around. But I'm Not There will remain at the selectively viewed area like all art films, like it or not.<br/><br/>I don't really understand it, but that is part of the appeal. I WANT to understand. Please help me understand, Bob Dylan.

• Chris W

  
  I could be wrong, but I believe this is probably the most challenging and befuddling film I've ever seen. Be warned though, this is not a "straight" bio-pic about Dylan, and the unconventional manner in which things are done will likely simultaneously frustrate and… More
  I could be wrong, but I believe this is probably the most challenging and befuddling film I've ever seen. Be warned though, this is not a "straight" bio-pic about Dylan, and the unconventional manner in which things are done will likely simultaneously frustrate and excite those who experience it: just like Dylan himself. Unique is a great word to describe the man and this film. It's quite ambitious, and, really, probably the only way to capture the man on film (aside from legit documentaries or concert films). SUmmarzining this film isn't easy, and it really doesn't provide much insight or answers, but I'm pretty sure that's the point. I wonder what the man himself thinks of this? Aside from song credits at the end and an opening label which states, "Inspired by the music and many lives of Bob Dylan", the name Bob Dylan is not once spoken or seen during thr film. For that ,and the way this movie unfolds, I give a big salute. That's ballsy. I mean, this is made by the same guy who made a movie about Karen Carpenter starring Barbie dolls, which in itself is unique, but to make a movie about a man and not really do it, and do so unapologetically- that takes true courage, The more you know about Bob Dylan, and the more you like and are familiar with his work, the better whe nit comes to this film. While it's not impossible for someone unfamiliar with Dylan to see this movie and get into him afterwards, it seems unlikely. I'm neither a newbie or a diehard, so some of the references and easter eggs (of which there are an uncalculable amount) went over my head, but I got a lot out of this nonetheless. One of the most talked about aspects of this movie is how six people (seven if you think the narrator counts) are cast as Dylan, por rather, various aspects of his life, career, and persona. The title of the film is probably the most appropriate film title I've seen in quite some time. So, given the enigmatic nature of the man and the movie, you can argue that the point is that it's not about him, and it's not supposed to be, but it's really about perceptions of the artist instead. The casting choice is truly inspired: the six people are made up of 5 adults, 1 youth, 5 males, 1 female, 4 caucasians, one African American, 2 Auusies, a Brit, someone who's Welsh, and two Americans. If you count the narrator, you need to add 1 white American man to the totals. Marcus Carl Franklin and Richard Gere represent young and old mythological tall tale aspects of the entity in question. Christian Bale represents both the acoustic folk and (later) born again Christian eras. LEdger makes up the personal and romantic aspects of the life, while Whishaw represents an elliptical trickster providing responses to questions. The one who garnered the most attention, and who truly steals the show, is Cate Blanchett. She represents the Mid-sixties era which included "turning electric" and being involved in a motorcycle accident that may have been anything but that. All of them do an excellent job, but the ones who shine thje most are Frnaklin and Blanchett and that's not just because they are a woman and a black kid. LEdger and Bale tie one another when it comes to how they rank. Whishaw is good, just not used too much. GEre is good, but just underwhelming. The sequences involving him are just too tedious and uninteresting to me. One could say the same about the Bale sequences since it's obvious Haynes doesn't dwell on them enough, instead focusing on the Blanchett stuff, which is the most interesting. Once again, I'll make a comparison to Dylan by saying that the film eschews traditional notions about how something is done (or should be), and presents things in a non-linear, elliptical style which uses different shooting styles, color, B & W, documentary style, etc. As I said earlier, this makes things very frustrating and hard to get into, but yet, it all kinda works somehow, well, almost. As a "movie" this doesn't work at all, kind of like "The Passion of the Christ". If you view this as an experimental art piece, it's better, but not a masterpiece. Same with "The Passion..". It works well as an "experience", but not as something else. If you've read this far into it, you should know whether or not this is for you. I'll admit that I did get a little bored, and some of it is tedious and drags here and there (the film idoesn't need to be 135 mins), but I was floored by what I was seeing. Now that I think about it, Dylan probably does get a kick out of this. We'll never know though, just like the truth about him. The movie blends fact with fiction, making it hard to discern truth and reality, and in a way ,that's good, because it spoils the mystery and the puzzle- the answer to which is probably very disappointing and underwhelming anyway. I've rambled enough about this, but it's hard to really say something concrete and definitive about this- just like how it is with the real Bob Dylan, who or whatever that may be.... ;)

• Drew S

  
  A bold, batshit film, and a perfect way to illustrate a man's life while barely discussing it at all. I don't know anything about Bob Dylan, but seeing all of these unusual stories, and unable to discern what was fact and what was Todd Haynes' imagination, I really felt… More
  A bold, batshit film, and a perfect way to illustrate a man's life while barely discussing it at all. I don't know anything about Bob Dylan, but seeing all of these unusual stories, and unable to discern what was fact and what was Todd Haynes' imagination, I really felt like I understood the image that Dylan tries to portray and all of its connotations. What I liked most about I'm Not There was its unconventional portrayal of a person trying to remain enigmatic, and ultimately failing, in the face of enormous fame. Cate Blanchett's section, where she channels a main who deliberately presents himself as obtusely and infuriatingly as possible, reinforces this theme especially well. Even better is how well it folds into Heath Ledger's chapter, where we get a portrait of a man clearly drunk on his own fame and admittedly unique talents, a bullish intellectual with a clear-headed foil near him to see how wrong he truly is (Charlotte Gainsbourg, my 2009 MVP and giving a surprisingly stunning performance here). In fact, all of the sections of the film are intertwined in creative and subtle ways, creating not so much a linear biography, but an imagined cross-section that attempts to delve into a mysterious brain. This is the movie La Vie En Rose wishes it could be. The cast is uniformly on-point here, although some parts of the movie don't quite work as well as others. It may be my disdain for Richard Gere speaking, but the end of the film just doesn't do it for me, despite the nihilism and seclusion generally fitting well with everything that follows in this fantasy parade. I think this is a great experiment that anyone could get on board with, provided they have the patience to think about WHY it has been assembled; it's, more than a lot of movies, like a puzzle, a collection of totally senseless pieces coming together in unusual ways to form a coherent composite. Recommended for anyone, but especially to Dylan fans.

• Curtis L

  
  I'd have enjoyed it more if I knew anything about Bob Dylan. I loved the approach to this film, and the meaning behind it. Unfortunately it was far too long and drawn out, and after a while I felt like I was watching a David Lynch movie. Cate Blanchett did a steller job… More
  I'd have enjoyed it more if I knew anything about Bob Dylan. I loved the approach to this film, and the meaning behind it. Unfortunately it was far too long and drawn out, and after a while I felt like I was watching a David Lynch movie. Cate Blanchett did a steller job playing a man.

• Anthony L

  
  I like a bit of Bob Dylan now and again but my lack of knowledge on the singer, or should I say, due to the fact I'm not completely obsessed by the man, I found this film a little hard to follow at times. That's said, the direction and performances were fantastic. I liked… More
  I like a bit of Bob Dylan now and again but my lack of knowledge on the singer, or should I say, due to the fact I'm not completely obsessed by the man, I found this film a little hard to follow at times. That's said, the direction and performances were fantastic. I liked the concept too but it?s not original, it was executed in a much better way in a film called Palindromes, which is a much better film.

• Lady D

  
  This film was a brave attempt, but it easily causes confusion. It?s very arty in it?s interpretation, which works well if you have an understanding of that interpretation from the beginning, otherwise you will find yourself lost throughout the film. Ironically none of the Actors… More
  This film was a brave attempt, but it easily causes confusion. It?s very arty in it?s interpretation, which works well if you have an understanding of that interpretation from the beginning, otherwise you will find yourself lost throughout the film. Ironically none of the Actors used looked like Dylan (as it seems was intentional) apart from Cate Blanchett, who at times did resemble the iconic star and was without doubt the best version. What bothers me is as a fan of Bob Dylan is that I found the film was more about the film style than Dylan itself, which pleased me as a film fan, but not a Dylan fan. Also the film isn't particularly revealing in a conventional sense. I believe the different sides of Dylan came across well, but with a loss of content somehow, I hardly know anything more about Dylan than before I watched the film. It almost seems like a working progress.

• Chris G

  
  I'm Not There is the biography of Bob Dylan. And it isn't. Now you're probably wondering what in the hell I'm talking about, so let me explain. The film takes segments of Dylan's life and rewrites them into little stories that are related to each other... and… More
  I'm Not There is the biography of Bob Dylan. And it isn't. Now you're probably wondering what in the hell I'm talking about, so let me explain. The film takes segments of Dylan's life and rewrites them into little stories that are related to each other... and not. Writer/director Todd Haynes gives us a film that isn't your typical music bio-pic, but something that's just as much of an enigma as Bob Dylan himself is.In this case six Bobs are better than one and with the cast that's playing Dylan(s) you can't really go wrong with this flick.

• Sanjaya &

  
  Well, to be honest, I must admit that I didn't get the story so well... I even pretty confused with how the story work in this movie... But luckily. this movie had a great and brilliant cast so I'm not too bored with the story because all of them been put on some good… More
  Well, to be honest, I must admit that I didn't get the story so well... I even pretty confused with how the story work in this movie... But luckily. this movie had a great and brilliant cast so I'm not too bored with the story because all of them been put on some good performances here... Especially for Cate Blanchett... She's outstanding I think, and she really deserved an Oscar for that performance... A really great performance I think... Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, and Richard Gere, been trying to put on some good performances here, but I thought it wasn't enough... They were good, but not outstanding, yet it's not their best... The most notable performance comes from Marcus Carl Franklin I think... Even he is the youngest of 6 main actors of this movie, but I think he shows a really good potential there... A nice one... Overall, it's not a great movie, not bad either, it just helps by the cast performances... Especially from Cate Blanchett, I really love that, and she deserved a lot of awards for that role I think...

• Arash X

  
  Overrated, There are a few good things & the main idea is great but I didn't like the formation & the movie is not satisfying at all, I expected more from the director of a great movie like Velvet Goldmine

• Manu G

  
  The movie was kinda dull, I didn't like it that much. The movie is good but not my type. Since arriving in New York City?s folk music scene in the 1960s, American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has become a major figure in popular music, influencing millions with his chart topping… More
  The movie was kinda dull, I didn't like it that much. The movie is good but not my type. Since arriving in New York City?s folk music scene in the 1960s, American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has become a major figure in popular music, influencing millions with his chart topping songs. His records have earned Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Awards, and he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. This film is ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where seven characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.

• Michael G

  
  First and foremost--if you're not a Bob Dylan fan do not bother seeing I'm Not There. You either love the man or don't and if nothing else, this movie is a perfect reflection of him in that respect alone. I don't know if I'd call this movie a portrayal so much… More
  First and foremost--if you're not a Bob Dylan fan do not bother seeing I'm Not There. You either love the man or don't and if nothing else, this movie is a perfect reflection of him in that respect alone. I don't know if I'd call this movie a portrayal so much as a celebration of Dylan and his nearly 50-year spanning body of work. Todd Haynes as always made a beautiful movie (namely with the Woodie Guthrie and Billy the Kid segments) and the acting was brilliant--namely the performances from Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett. Knowing what I know about Dylan I didn't see the point of a few of the segments (namely Gere's, Ledger's and Whishaw's) as well done as they were. Don't expect a biopic or even a coherent storyline because you're not going to get them. Your best bet for enjoying this movie is to just sit back and enjoy after you've left your expectations at the door.

• Lanning :

  
  My friend Simon suggested this one because he knows I'm a big fan. Given a body of work which includes "And death shall have no dominion" and perhaps his best known piece, "Do not go gentle into that good night," I just had to -- <p> "What?"… More
  My friend Simon suggested this one because he knows I'm a big fan. Given a body of work which includes "And death shall have no dominion" and perhaps his best known piece, "Do not go gentle into that good night," I just had to -- <p> "What?" Sorry, friends, Elmo is trying to tell me something. Hold on. <p>"Say what? . . . Really? Bob Dylan. Shoots. I thought this one was about Dylan Thomas. . . . What do you mean you don't know who that is. Dylan Thomas, the great Welsh poet. What do they teach you guys over there on Sesame Street? . . . Well, no, I guess I wasn't paying too much attention to the movie. Bob Dylan, huh? Now that you mention it, the music did sound familiar. I have to try to pay attention. I'm no multi-tasker. I think I'd better watch it again, Elmo. Fire up the DVD player." <p>Sorry, flixsters, before I write my review, I have to watch the movie again. I didn't know it was about that Dylan, but that's okay, I'm a big fan of his too. I'll be back. <p> <b>Update:</b> That's what I get for working on Facebook while a movie is running. Okay, so now I can clearly see that this one is about Bob Dylan, not Dylan Thomas. If there's one thing I appreciate more than anything about <i>I'm not There</i>, it's the soundtrack -- even when other folks are covering The Bob. This is definitely worth one watch for Cate Blanchette's amazing performance. She really does out-Bob Bob. Other than that, we'll it's . . . uh . . . how about . . . hmmm . . . intellectually stimulating. Ah, well, not really. It's clever. See it for Blanchette, and then see Bob in concert to see the currently "real" Bob, or music and concert videos from his past incarnations to see the "real" Bob of that particular moment in time. Yes, Bob Dylan evolves. So do we all.

• Tim S

  
  I'm not sure I "got" this entire movie, but I appreciate it a lot. Although Cate Blanchett does an amazing job, I think Heath Ledger and Charlotte Gainsbourg give the strongest performances. Todd Haynes and Ed Lachman make the film look great and the scene where Jim… More
  I'm not sure I "got" this entire movie, but I appreciate it a lot. Although Cate Blanchett does an amazing job, I think Heath Ledger and Charlotte Gainsbourg give the strongest performances. Todd Haynes and Ed Lachman make the film look great and the scene where Jim James sings Goin to Acapulco gave me chills.

• Fernando Rafael Q

  
  This film had so much potential, but i think it was nearly wrecked by Haynes' directing style and his overly philosophic script (clearly, I'm not a Haynes fan). The photography and editing are wonderful, the film is eye candy and the actors are amazing. Here are the Dylans… More
  This film had so much potential, but i think it was nearly wrecked by Haynes' directing style and his overly philosophic script (clearly, I'm not a Haynes fan). The photography and editing are wonderful, the film is eye candy and the actors are amazing. Here are the Dylans in order of awesomeness (in this particular performance): 1. CATE BLANCHETT, 2. CHRISTIAN BALE, 3. BEN WHISHAW, 4. HEATH LEDGER, 5. RICHARD GERE, 6. MARCUS CARL FRANKLIN. Charlotte Gainsbourg (not as Bob Dylan), was great, too.

• Dean M

  
  This drama is a fantasia, a tell-all, a biopic that's all high points, a folk-rock esay and a dream, all wrapped into one. I like three characters inspired by the talented folk singer Bob Dylan the best are Jude Quinn (Cate Blanchett), Robbie Clark (Heath Ledger) and Billy the… More
  This drama is a fantasia, a tell-all, a biopic that's all high points, a folk-rock esay and a dream, all wrapped into one. I like three characters inspired by the talented folk singer Bob Dylan the best are Jude Quinn (Cate Blanchett), Robbie Clark (Heath Ledger) and Billy the Kid (Richard Gere) as these actors give very human performance in a series of shifting persone.

• Emile T

  
  Cate Blanchett. Heath Ledger. Christian Bale. Beautiful. I loved that movie. Ok, I didn't quite get everything, because I didn't know Bob Dylan at all, but the movie itself and its magnificent actors were completely awesome.

• Jose Z

  
  I'm not there shows as it is said in the movie the many lives of Bob Dylan. Six different faces portraying various aspects of of the life of this famous artist. They have been made a lot of biopics of singers, actors and others throughout the years, some are good some others bad… More
  I'm not there shows as it is said in the movie the many lives of Bob Dylan. Six different faces portraying various aspects of of the life of this famous artist. They have been made a lot of biopics of singers, actors and others throughout the years, some are good some others bad but I'm sure that this one is one of the best all-time. Directed by Todd Haynes, the movie has a slow rhythm but it never gets tired, the photography is excellent, the music is wonderful each story has a different Bob Dylan song that reflects perfectly ans space where the movie is. The cast is amazing, six actors characterized as Bob Dylan (Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Christian Bale, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere and Cate Blanchett) everyone with flawless performances, specially Blanchett who earned an Oscar nomination for this role and in my opinion she deserved to win. The secondary roles like the ones of Jullianne Moore and Charlotte Gainsbourg give very good support performances. In conclusion, this movie is for true Bob Dylan fans, if you're not one of them well anyway go and see it because you could learn some facts about his life.

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