I'm Not There

    I'm Not There
    2007

    Synopsis

    Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.

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    Cast

    • Christian BaleJack / Pastor John
    • Cate BlanchettJude
    • Marcus Carl FranklinWoody
    • Richard GereBilly
    • Heath LedgerRobbie
    • Ben WhishawArthur
    • Charlotte GainsbourgClaire
    • David CrossAlan Ginsberg
    • Bruce GreenwoodKeenan Jones / Garrett
    • Julianne MooreAlice

    Recommendations

    • 90

      Salon

      One of the most inventive and joyous movies of the year.
    • 90

      Newsweek

      Brilliantly strange, often funny and ultimately heartbreaking film.
    • 88

      Rolling Stone

      So what if nothing is revealed. Todd Haynes is a mischievous visionary who puts the music and the myth of Bob Dylan before us in I'm Not There and dares us not to revel in the troubadour's poetic, contentious, ever-changing essence. It's a feast for the eyes, the ears and the Dylanologist scratching around our minds and hearts.
    • 75

      Chicago Tribune

      I appreciate Haynes’ craft and ambition. I love the Ledger/Gainsbourg scenes, which are sweet and sad and delicately shaded. And Blanchett’s inspired not-quite-impersonation of Dylan is reason enough to tussle with the rest of it.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      The star of the show is undoubtedly Blanchett, who has great fun playing Dylan as a showboat who quite knowingly goes about creating his reputation for rebellious independence.
    • 70

      Slate

      Like the singer's gnomic comments to the press, the movie can be maddeningly slippery; like his music, it's fierce, thrilling, and unapologetically itself.
    • 50

      New York Magazine (Vulture)

      Too often, it’s the MOVIE that isn’t there. What’s meant to be archetypal comes across as superficial.
    • 50

      Variety

      Stylistically audacious in the way it employs six different actors and assorted visual styles to depict various aspects of the troubadour's life and career, the film nevertheless lacks a narrative and a center, much like the "ghost" at its core.

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