Masked and Anonymous

Name: Masked and Anonymous
Released: 2003-7-24
Cast: Angela Bassett, Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Bob Dylan, John Goodman

PG-13
1h 47m
2003

24%

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Music legend and Academy Award winner Bob Dylan (Best Song, Wonder Boys, 2000) -- accompanied by Academy Award winner Jessica Lange (Best Actress in a Leading Role, Blue Sky, 1994), Penelope Cruz (Vanilla Sky), Jeff Bridges (Seabiscuit), John Goodman (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) and Luke Wilson (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle) -- takes center stage in the craziest, funniest comedy of the year! Dylan is Jack Fate, a former traveling troubadour who is sprung from jail by his scheming manager toheadline a sketchy and misguided benefit concert. With unforgettable cameo appearances by Angela Bassett, Bruce Dern, Ed Harris, Giovanni Ribisi, Mickey Rourke, and Christian Slater and featuring a sizzling soundtrack with four new Dylan recordings plus performances of Dylan classics from Los Lobos, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia and more!

Director:

Larry Charles

Producer:

Larry Charles, Nigel Sinclair, Jeff Rosen

Writer:

Rene Fontaine, Sergei Petrov

Cast:

Angela Bassett, Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Bob Dylan, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

24%

Critics Consensus: Unintelligible and self-indulgent Bob Dylan vehicle.

Reviews

Film Frenzy

Matt Brunson

Had I caught this atrocity back in 2003 when it was initially released, it would have seriously challenged The Cat in the Hat and Bad Boys II for one of the top spots on my 10 Worst list.

Bloated by self-regard, Masked and Anonymous is the essence of the self-aggrandizing benefit concerts it weakly parodies.

February 4, 2020

FULL REVIEW

Film Comment Magazine

Amy Taubin

Dylan does about a dozen songs with his tight juke-joint band, and it's worth sitting through the rest of the nonsense for both the music and for Jeff Bridges, in Fisher King mode as Dylan's nemesis.

An ego-maniacal and purely vain ode to Dylan who attempts to make himself larger than life amidst these cameos of great actors.

Only the scenes of Dylan on stage really hold the attention.

June 21, 2017

FULL REVIEW