"Chalamet, who used the pandemic years to prepare for this performance, achieves something close to magic with the sound."
— Peter Howell, Toronto Star
"Timothée Chalamet looks, acts, even sings like Bob Dylan in this biopic. But director James Mangold treats Dylan as a mythical figure rather than a person, leaving his mystery intact."
— Emily Zemler, Observer
"With standout performances from Chalamet, Barbaro, and Norton, combined with Mangold’s assured direction, it’s a film that captures a moment in time where anything felt possible."
— Linda Marric, HeyUGuys
"The character-building Mangold and his ensemble deliver allows us to walk into this defining era with ease, turning A Complete Unknown almost into a hangout movie. And that in itself is pretty outstanding."
— Kristy Puchko, Mashable
"Timothée Chalamet, an object of affection for those aforementioned young fans, is sensational as Dylan in a fascinating exploration of a music scene reflecting the major social and political shifts of the early 1960s."
— Brian Truitt, USA Today
"This is an extraordinary performance, far deeper than an impersonation, that charts the progress of the singer-songwriter, the music scene he entered and altered, and events in the wider world during times that were urgently a’changin’."
— Nick Curtis, London Evening Standard
"It is one that sweeps you up, though, in its beautifully detailed vision of an analog New York where stars eat at greasy spoons below 14th and future music legends pass the hat in basement clubs. Scrounging for their next meal. Because Mangold has made a quiet and intimate film — not a cliche, showboating one of tears and tragedy — Chalamet never pushes these traits into a silly tribute act. Far from an animatronic imperrsonator, the actor is always honest and believable."
— Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post
