Pretentious mess

Rating: 1/10 (24 October 2009)

When it comes to film criticism you have to give a movie a year or two before giving it a just evaluation. The audience and media hype has a tendency to bias one's view. Such is the case with I'm not There. I think it unlikely that anyone would give this film a favourable review one year later, let alone a review at all. I cringe at the memory of Heath Ledger mumbling his lines (something he did in Brokeback as well) and Charlotte Gainsbourg sporting her new chin surgery. Also, Cate Blanchet (like baby pictures pulled out of a suitcase) will want to destroy those embarrassing images of her strutting around with a fake moustache. What's good to be said about this mess. Even the Dylan music chosen is pretty mediocre.