A very original/unusual take on the biopic. The many past and possible lives of Bob Dylan, were he a few (five? can’t remember exactly) different people. Some of it was very entertaining and well done, other bits I could have done without. Similar to, say, Being John Malkovich, you’re either going to be able to go with it or you’re not.

Thought Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger and Christian Bale were all excellent. Blanchett and Bales’s sections were some of the most factually-based bits; there were moments in Blanchett’s that were straight out of filmed Dylan interviews I’ve even seen. (Michelle Williams’ bit part was really, really nicely done and Charlotte Gainsbourg was excellent as well.) But they could have left out the entire Richard Gere segment and I would have been fine with that (except for missing a great cover) – that imagined life just did nothing for me. More of a fairytale aspect going on there. And I didn’t find the segment with the little boy that engaging either.

Enjoyed the music, enjoyed a lot of it. Didn’t love it. But certainly worth seeing. Not going to see many things like it.