Saturday, June 7, 2014

Inside Llewyn Davis 2013


Inside Llewyn Davis


     This film is about a week in the life of Llewyn Davis.  The year is 1961 and Llewyn is trying to make it in the music business as a folk singer in Greenwich Village.  Some of his problems are of his own making, some the rough New York winter and others are circumstances.
      I was going along with the movie and its dry dreary scenes and feeling sorry for Llewyn until one short scene in a car with a cat.  When he turns his back on the cat, even though the cat is relating how much it wants to go with him, that was the end.  Throw Llewyn Davis out the window and keep the cat!!  I know there is a lot of praise out there for this film and maybe I’m wrong but I just don’t get it?  2* (I didn’t like this movie)

104 min, Drama directed by Ethan and Joel Coen with Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake, Ethan Phillips, Robin Bartlett, Max Casella, Jerry Grayson, Jeanine Serralles, Adam Driver.

Note:  Imdb 7.6 out of 10, 95% critic 74% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 4*.
Special Note:  The scene on the DVD cover gives a sense of the entire film.

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