A Real Sleeper--Literally

Rating: 3/10 (9 December 2019)

Maybe it was two glasses of wine that put me to sleep during this movie, but I think not. I definitely side with the viewers who found "I'm Not There" boring and not worth the effort to decipher whatever the director was trying to convey. I suppose there is some justice in the portrayal of Bob Dylan by this bevy of talented actors, since Dylan's performances have always seemed to me to be a series of masks borrowed from others and used as persona. Don't get me wrong, I loved Dylan's early music when he was inventing himself, but this film adds little to my appreciation of the achievements of a singer who couldn't sing and was. as Joni Mitchell has observed, not a particularly good guitar player.