Film Review

A Complete Unknown

★★★★ 4.0
2024 ·141 min
Director James Mangold
DramaMusic
Available to Rent
A Complete Unknown

Aaron's Thoughts

The whole “cut the sound” shenanigans of the third act almost made me turn on the whole film, but the first 1.5 hours are so good & the musical moments so authentic that I’ll forgive it.

I’ve seen a lot of people talking about how “A Complete Unknown” falls into the same trappings and beats of many other music biopics, but I honestly don’t really see that at all. It honestly doesn’t even feel like a movie in stretches, which is why it works so well.

Academy Awards

6 Nominations

Nom Best Supporting Actor — Edward Norton
Nom Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay — Jay Cocks
Nom Best Sound — Paul Massey
Nom Best Actor — Timothée Chalamet
Nom Best Costume Design — Arianne Phillips
Nom Best Supporting Actress — Monica Barbaro

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