Review: I'm Not There

Todd Haynes’ ambitious, complex tribute to Bob Dylan is as layered and dense as the great man’s best songs.
Imagining Dylan as quite literally different personalities at key stages of his life, Haynes bravely casts different actors in those stages – and then intercuts their stories!
Ben Whishaw goes beyond impersonation and simply is Dylan in his straight-to-camera monologues, while Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett also excel, adding their own spin to the Dylan legend.
Child actor Marcus Carl Franklin is superb as the young Dylan, obsessed with Woody Guthrie.
Heath Ledger and Richard Gere prove less satisfying.
It is arguably too long, possibly too ambitious, but the sheer audacity, the great soundtrack (Dylan originals and covers), the lush black and white photography and the best performances make this one of the best, and most telling, films about rock n roll.
But if you don’t like Dylan or are largely unaware of his history, this is not the film for you!
Score: 8/10

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I'm Not There