A Complete Unknown

Bob Mann of One Mann's Movies

2025-01-22

This isn’t your run-of-the-mill story of a rock legend and James Mangold has done a really good job with the material. Anchored by an awards-worthy performance by Timothée Chalomet, it’s well worth your attention, particularly if you are a Dylan fan. Read more

Garry Arnot of Cinema Perspective

2025-01-21

While director James Mangold might keep the rug relatively clean in his traditional approach to storytelling, Chalamet brings the dirt with his barnstorming portrayal of an unapologetically evolving artist. Read more

Don Shanahan of Every Movie Has a Lesson

2024-12-24

Thanks to the sensational flair of Chalamet and Barbaro crooning and swooning, A Complete Unknown won’t let old purists and new fans make that previous mistake. They’re going to remember this film as the place they caught their own spark. Read more

George Wolf of Maddwolf

2024-12-22

A Complete Unknown is an intoxicating, engrossing mix, and one of the best films of the year. Read more

Ruth Maramis of FlixChatter

2024-12-14

It was immersive and engrossing, with evocative cinematography by Phedon Papamichael. Read more

Eric Hillis of The Movie Waffler

2025-01-18

Chalamet's portrayal is magnetic but the script never lets him be anything more than a mumbling enigma. Thankfully we have Dylan's songs to fill in the blanks, performed in a surprisingly convincing manner here by Chalamet. Read more

Alex Brannan of CineFiles Movie Reviews

2024-12-27

Given Todd Haynes already skillfully deconstructed the enigma of celebrity in his kaleidoscopic Dylan film I’m Not There, A Complete Unknown looks all the more boilerplate and skin-deep by comparison. Read more