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  • I'm Not There
  • Opened November 21, 2007 | Runtime:2 hr. 15 min.
  • R
    language, some sexuality and nudity
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+. Read More
  • Several actors portray legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan at different stages in his personal life and career. In 1959 a guitar-strumming youth (Marcus Carl Franklin) rides the rails, calling himself ''Guthrie.'' Then a man named Jack (Christian Read More
  • Cast: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere
  • Director: Todd Haynes
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Documentary, Drama

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  • Go

    worth seeing with a few caveats

    by Groovy_Movies

    My bottom-line is, if you are a Dylan fan or an admirer of innovative filmmaking, e.g. a Fellini or Antonionni afficionada, go see this. If you are not into Dylan or put off by his elusiveness or if you prefer linear storylines, consider skipping it.

    The film does a nice job weaving in images of "medicine show" Americana that inspire Dylan's music: carnivals, circus freaks, freight trains and hobos. These absurdist elements parallel the jumbled collage structure of the movie itself. Cate Blanchett's physical performance as the "Albert Hall" rock star Dylan is not to be missed. The film has the good taste not to judge or decipher Dylan's puzzles; rather it probes the mysteries of self-invention in America and other themes. My major issue is that the movie borders at times on "Dylan-nerdy" with too many inside jokes and references. It also replicates too literally situations from Dont Look Back, Eat the Document, his Chronicles, and other sources already familiar to many.

  • Oh No!

    What on earth was that?

    by drfeelgood

    I am a fan of both Dylan and independent/creative movies, but I found this to be utterly impossible to watch. It was as if they tried intentionally to make it as confusing and absurd as possible, just to see if artsy types would say they loved it. I'm sure everyone will get nominated for oscars, because everyone in the film community will feel like they have to pretend they understood what was going on in the film. I found myself looking around during the movie and asking myself, "does anyone in this theater have any clue what is going on, or am I just an idiot?" Maybe I am an idiot, or closeminded. I almost hope that is the case, because maybe that means that somewhere out there, smarter, hipper, cooler people enjoyed this.

  • Must Go!

    Excellent

    by jwilsonbartlett

    Excellent, fast-paced and a lot of abstraction. Took my 19 year old son and we both came away from it with different perspectives - so trans-generational. Philiosophic and coming at you from many levels.

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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    I'm Not There lets you hear it again, more majestically than ever.

  • 90
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    Among its many achievements, Todd Haynes's I'm Not There hurls a Molotov...

  • 88
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    So what if nothing is revealed. Todd Haynes is a mischievous visionary who puts...

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    What Haynes does is take away the reassuring segues that argue everything flows...

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