solves the biopic problem

Rating: 10/10 (23 November 2007)

What a treat! Todd Haynes has solved the annoying biopic problem of depicting coincidences and fakery in telling someone's story. Haynes' biopic is like a visual poem for one of our most beloved and prolific American Poets. Niceties are dispatched with. And the whole thing flows like a mind-bending Dylan track. I need to commend every actor/actress for staying true to "their Dylan's" spirit. The writing is wonderful and often hilarious. Blanchett is transcendent in her role as Dylan. Ledger takes the 70's/80's Dylan and gives us insights that relate so wonderfully to his earlier incarnations. Gere takes us into the present and plays around with the aging poet with humor and dignity. I can't recommend this enough for Dylan fans and non-Dylan fans alike. A beautifully wrought castle of elements. Haynes strikes again with one of his most coherent and endearing pictures to date.