Timothée Chalamet brings the young Bob Dylan to life in a nuanced, note-perfect biopic from the director of Walk the Line.
In 1961, a rootless 19-year-old songwriter arrives in New York to play for the ailing Woody Guthrie, and slowly becomes a giant in the city’s folk music scene. Fame, success, and love blossom after him as his music develops – but unease with familiar sounds and attention soon turn him into a more brilliant, and isolated, artist. Decades after his great take on Johnny Cash, co-writer and director James Mangold (Logan) reanimates the songs, streets and mercurial lives behind Greenwich Village’s sound, with faultless historical detail and a brilliant cast. Chalamet, however, dominates in his most committed turn yet, personally nailing Dylan’s look, sound, performances, and semi-divine distance from the world and people around him.
