What a mess!

Rating: 2/10 (28 October 2007)

I won't go into great deal on this film as it has already stolen 135mins of my life. Basically it is a incoherent, confusing mess of a film that cannot be saved by any of the actors involved. Whilst being a great admirer of Christine Vachon I still cannot bring myself to score it any higher than 2, and that being only due to the cinematography. Todd Haynes seems to be a nice enough person but unfortunately, with so many sycophantic voters/comments people might get the notion that he has created a masterpiece, which this is not.
Knowing a little about Dylan, I actually left the film knowing less! I'm sure he created some great songs too, but again they are so lost in this mish-mash of abstract situations and bizarre representations of his life that it felt more like a trailer for a compilation album than a biopic of a musician.
It's a shame so many feel the need to rate such dire films with such outrageously high scores, misleading others into believing that it is either a complex and highly intellectual film. Don't worry if you see this film and think you might be culturally deficient, you're not, it really is a pile of junk.
Will people please stop giving 10 ratings to any old crap because they like the director/subject.
A classic case of the Emporers new clothes!