A Complete Unknown (2024)
Directed by James Mangold
New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.
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This makes Tony closer in spirit to James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, which peered into a relatively small window in Bob Dylan’s life, than Antoine Fuqua’s more expansive, Jackson estate-stamped Michael.
Even James Mangold's underrated "A Complete Unknown" managed to subtextually weigh Bob Dylan's legacy against the couple years over which that movie takes place, while "Tony" and its look at Bourdain feels oddly too incomplete, even generic.
…my appreciation for Bob Dylan’s work made A Complete Unknown feel more gratifying than it probably should have been…
Writer (with "Gangs of New York" scribe Jay Cocks)/director James Mangold ("Cop Land," "Ford v Ferrari") focuses on the music while taking a number of narrative liberties adapting Elijah Wald's 'Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan and the Night that Split the Sixties.'
The two leads, British hunk Callum Turner (Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore) and Monica Barbaro (Joan Baez in A Complete Unknown), are charming and well-matched…
That role is aced by Barbaro, Oscar nominated as Joan Baez in “A Complete Unknown,”…
But it was her Academy Award-nominated performance as Joan Baez in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown that really put her on the map.
The most surprising aspect of “One Night Only” is discovering that Barbaro actually can’t sing after her amazing performance as Joan Baez in “A Complete Unknown” (2024).
…former Oscar nominee Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)…
…as she proved playing Joan Baez in the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” and getting an Oscar nomination for it…