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Director: Joel and Ethan Coen
Cast: Osacr Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman
"If it was never new and never gets old, it's folk music."
I loved my time spent with Llewyn Davis. Which is no surprise considering the directors. Time and again great directors prove to me that it is not the complexity of the narrative that makes a film great. It is the characters that you fill your narrative with. Llewyn Davis is going to go down as one of my most memorable Coen brothers characters, and that is saying something because there have been tons.
There is not a lot to say in a review of Inside Llewyn Davis. Llewyn is a homeless folk singer who is lost and wandering, wondering not only if he will ever make it big but where he is going to sleep from night to night. He has people in his life who care for him. Llewyn seems to burn those bridges as often as he utilizes them however. Everything in Llewyn's life is a mess, except for his music which it must be said is great. You either enjoy going on the journey with our protagonist or you don't. If you do you will enjoy this film as much as you will enjoy any film this year, which I did. If you don't then you are in for a long couple hours.
If I have a complaint about Inside Llewyn Davis it would be that I would have made a longer film and fleshed out the peripheral characters more. There are many of them and they are all great. There is a key one who we don't even get to meet that I would have really liked to get to know. It would have made this a much different movie however and I need to trust that the Coen brothers have a better handle on storytelling than I do.
As it is there is a lot of mystery to the film that not only makes it interesting in the moment but will keep you thinking about it long after it is over. Inside Llewyn Davis is already one of my top five Coen brothers films and is sure to grow upon further viewings. It is the type of film that is going to be fun to talk about and recommend to others. Definitely one my favorite films of the year.
Director: Joel and Ethan Coen
Cast: Osacr Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman
"If it was never new and never gets old, it's folk music."
I loved my time spent with Llewyn Davis. Which is no surprise considering the directors. Time and again great directors prove to me that it is not the complexity of the narrative that makes a film great. It is the characters that you fill your narrative with. Llewyn Davis is going to go down as one of my most memorable Coen brothers characters, and that is saying something because there have been tons.
There is not a lot to say in a review of Inside Llewyn Davis. Llewyn is a homeless folk singer who is lost and wandering, wondering not only if he will ever make it big but where he is going to sleep from night to night. He has people in his life who care for him. Llewyn seems to burn those bridges as often as he utilizes them however. Everything in Llewyn's life is a mess, except for his music which it must be said is great. You either enjoy going on the journey with our protagonist or you don't. If you do you will enjoy this film as much as you will enjoy any film this year, which I did. If you don't then you are in for a long couple hours.
If I have a complaint about Inside Llewyn Davis it would be that I would have made a longer film and fleshed out the peripheral characters more. There are many of them and they are all great. There is a key one who we don't even get to meet that I would have really liked to get to know. It would have made this a much different movie however and I need to trust that the Coen brothers have a better handle on storytelling than I do.
As it is there is a lot of mystery to the film that not only makes it interesting in the moment but will keep you thinking about it long after it is over. Inside Llewyn Davis is already one of my top five Coen brothers films and is sure to grow upon further viewings. It is the type of film that is going to be fun to talk about and recommend to others. Definitely one my favorite films of the year.