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It helps that the cast is completely dialed-in to their biopic stock types. The film’s detached musings about political change demand human anchors, so their garden-variety characterization feels welcome: Timothée Chalamet's quiet, tortured-genius Dylan, Monica Barbaro's headstrong singer-activist Joan Baez, and Elle Fanning as Dylan’s put-upon partner and the collateral damage to his success, Sylvie Russo (based on the late artist and Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan cover star Suze Rotolo). The secret weapon, however, is a revelatory Edward Norton, who cements his place as a Hollywood elder statesman in the role of Dylan mentor Pete Seeger. He’s the film's beating, bleeding heart, a man who tries desperately to bring Bob back to Earth as his head starts to touch the clouds.
Unfortunately, A Complete Unknown doesn’t offer much hand-holding for those unfamiliar with the creative, political, and interpersonal drama in and around the circles traveled by Dylan, Baez, Seeger, and Rotolo. It keeps such details opaque while casting a sense of grandeur upon its proceedings: The camera always floats toward and alongside Dylan, following him through crowded spaces, and becoming trapped by his allure in private moments. Mangold seems less concerned with the musician’s place in our collective history, and ends up more focused on Dylan the enigmatic individual as seen through the eyes of each supporting character.
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