A Complete Unknown is an R-rated movie about Bob Dylan’s adventure to greatness, starring Timothée Chalamet. It was released on December 25, 2024. Timothee Chalamet was a fully committed performer who captured the realness of Bob Dylan’s talent and life. This movie shows how Bob Dylan became famous and one of the most controversial folk music artists ever.

The main point of A Complete Unknown is that when Bob Dylan was finally getting famous, as he dreamed of, he wanted to be just a folk artist. Bob Dylan wanted to try something new and different, something that fans were not used to. Not knowing how his fans would react as if they were only used to his usual folklore music, he performed his new electronic music at the new port folklore festival in 1965 the audience disliked it because it betrayed their ideal morals which led to boos in the audience.

Bob Dylan would go on to keep making electronic music even though the majority of his fans disliked it. Soon, this would cause Bob Dylan to quit his music career as he became restless with doing what people wanted him to do rather than what he liked to do. Years later, Bob Dylan started creating more music, but he became more open-minded with his musical styles, including country, blues, and gospel music. To this day Bob Dylan still goes on tour and occasionally sings some of his 80s most famous songs.

The film led to Chalamet receiving many nominations during the award season as a testament to his performance as the character. I, however, feel that the film was just a slice of his life and left off with nowhere to go or even wonder where it is going.