- 10
...the movie of the year...
—J. Hoberman Village Voice
- 10
...a masterpiece ...and one of the year's best...
—Chris Cabin Reel
- 10
...a masterpiece ...and one of the year's best...
—Chris Cabin filmcritic.com
- 10
...a masterwork...
—A. O. Scott New York Times
- 10
The singular haunting beauty of I'm Not There, Todd Haynes' thrilling deep-vision meditation on the music and many lives of Bob Dylan, is that obsession isn't just its fuel -- it's the movie's spirit and subject, its driving force.
—Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly
- 9
... turns out to be a triumph of intellect and cinematic imagination that feels light rather than heavy...
—Scott Foundas LA Weekly
- 8
Haynes's picture may not be perfect -- hell, I'm not even sure that perfection is a state it even aspires to -- but it's bold and individualistic and accomplished. A reason to take heart for the state of current American moviemaking.
—Glenn Kenny Premiere
- 8
...we have been left not one step closer to comprehending Bob Dylan, which is as it should be.
—Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
- 8
It's a feast for the eyes, the ears and the Dylanologist scratching around our minds and hearts.
—Peter Travers Rolling Stone
- 8
...an ingenious, maddening film inspired by the "many lives of Bob Dylan"...
—Keith Phipps Onion AV Club
- 7
...I appreciate Haynes? craft and ambition.
—Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune
- 7
There is hagiography here, but Haynes has produced a thing of art that sends you out of the theater exactly as Dylan (and Rimbaud) would have it: with a riot of perfumes.
— New York Post
- 7
...wondrously ambitious...
—Ken Fox TV Guide
- 7
...the most unique and astonishing idea for a musical biography in light-years...
—Pete Hammond Maxim
- 6
There are plenty of things to admire about I'm Not There...[yet] it feels at times like a formal exercise that, although interesting, doesn't quite cohere into anything larger.
—Carina Chocano Los Angeles Times
- 6
...pretty out there...
—Matt Stevens E!
- 4
An intellectual whirligig lacking depth or soul, I'm Not There is designed for Bob Dylan fans turned on by spotting allusions to the iconic musician's immense, revered body of work.
—Nick Schager Slant Magazine
- 4
...offers up a daring conceit and then falls apart trying to fulfill it.
—Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor