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Complete Unknown

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A married man (Michael Shannon) is convinced that an unexpected guest (Rachel Weisz) at his birthday party is a former lover, but she denies knowing him.
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Christopher Orr The Atlantic In its latter half the film... gradually runs out of ideas, and out of steam. Mar 16, 2017 Full Review Barry Hertz Globe and Mail Complete Unknown is the perfect case study of what happens when bad movies rope in good actors. Rated: 1.5/4 Oct 14, 2016 Full Review J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Writer-director Joshua Marston gives Shannon a chance to shine as a character more pedestrian than the ones he usually plays, though the story is a little too thesis driven to build any dramatic momentum. Sep 8, 2016 Full Review Aaron Boalick Vague Visages Even such talent cannot overcome the limitations of an intriguing concept that fails to nail its execution. Dec 1, 2023 Full Review Kristin Battestella InSession Film Rather than a youthful coming of age experience, here bitter adults question the unsatisfying choices they’ve made... Jul 25, 2023 Full Review Leo Brady AMovieGuy.com Complete Unknown feels like a short story stretched as far as it could go, before it leaves our characters grasping out for the story to take them somewhere. Rated: 2/4 Feb 3, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Larry R Fabulous, must see movie about one of the most important stories, of the most important moments in Rock history. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/26/24 Full Review jackieb 8 I dont understand the low score on Rotten Tomatoes...did these people see the same movie I saw? Timothee Chalamet was perfect as Bob Dylan..He totally captured him in voice and mannerism; The infusion of his songs throughout leaves no doubt as to the extent of the musical contribution he made. His courage to forge his own way particularly as depicted in the last Newport festival scene was very well demonstrated... I would consider this movie a must-see Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/25 Full Review Pastor P The movie was great and I never believe what rotten tomatoes critics rate a movie as, they rated a complete unknown as 52 percent and this movie is going off the rails charts, fire the rotten tomato critics they are useless Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/04/25 Full Review Debra J The songs and singing save this movie. Chalamet is awesome. The rest of the movie is underwhelming. Dylan sings he writes he smokes and he fails at relationships on a loop. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/04/25 Full Review Kimberly M Breathtaking movie. Only disappointment is that "Everyone Must Get Stoned" was not in the soundtrack. I was happy to see Edward Norton cast. Magnificent performances all around. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/02/25 Full Review Gj Z This was a TERRIBLE movie….waster of money and was just music videos and does not explain Bob Dylan and how he progressed….there is no character development and was a joke Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/31/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A married man (Michael Shannon) is convinced that an unexpected guest (Rachel Weisz) at his birthday party is a former lover, but she denies knowing him.
Director
Joshua Marston
Producer
Lucas Joaquin, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen
Screenwriter
Joshua Marston, Julian Sheppard
Distributor
Amazon Studios, IFC Films
Production Co
Great Point Media, Parts & Labor
Rating
R (Some Language)
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 26, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 4, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$166.8K
Runtime
1h 31m
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