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As good a Dylan biopic as you’ll ever get: A Complete Unknown reviewed

Timothée Chalamet is astonishing

Deborah Ross
Timothée Chalamet is better at singing Dylan than Dylan is at singing Dylan  Macall Polay / © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved.
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 18 January 2025
issue 18 January 2025

It doesn’t have anything new to say, which is right. If you could figure Dylan out, it would all be over

A Complete Unknown is the Bob Dylan biopic from James Mangold, who also made Walk The Line about Johnny Cash. It stars Timothée Chalamet, who is astonishing, and does his own singing.

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