Just another in a sea of awful music biopics we’ve gotten since 2018. The best thing I can say about this movie is that the filmmakers actually managed to license the music of the person that the movie is about.
All of the performances are just impressions and the story is told like a series of tableaus. Seriously, Dylan coming to New York, getting signed, meeting Joan Baez and having a relationship with Joan Baez is so glossed over within…
Is the first half of this movie almost completely superfluous? Kind of. But honestly, the depiction of the battle is so great it makes it worth it. As pointless as the first half may seem, it does a way better job of giving historical context to the event this movie as about than an entire even longer movie about Napoleon’s entire life.
Honestly, your enjoyment of this movie may depend on your enjoyment of history. That may account for me rating the film as high as I am, but hey, I’m nothing if not a sucker for a well-done battle scene.
First 2/3’s are a bit slow, but the last 20 or so minutes make up for it.
