Inside Llewyn Davis

A razor-sharp deadpan comedy suffused with sorrow.

What Inside Llewyn Davis is all about: the passion, and the pain, of being an artist.

But mainly, it’s the film’s folk music that roots in the heart like a faraway lure.

It’s a character piece, and one of the best and most understated movies I’ve ever seen about the grieving process.

Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis is an exquisitely crafted tale of woe with heartfelt early-sixties folk music — and an overarching snottiness.

Beautifully shot by Amélie cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis is instantly recognizable as the work of its sibling auteurs. But it’s also something of a departure — looser and more rambling than the average Coen concoction, with a lovingly recreated period setting.

The movie is so “interior,” it so zeroes in on Isaac and his baleful stare, that we’re relieved any time something overtly funny happens.

Oscar Issac gives the best performance of his career in my personal favorite movie of all time.

One of the Coen brothers more sombre efforts and one of their worst. I found this a hard movie to get any sort of emotional attachment to Isaac's character and for that couldn't really care about his plight.

I like that there wasn't a happy ever after ending. Just a guy getting by. It wasn't that enthralling, and the music isn't for my taste, but I enjoyed seeing the story of a 'failure' as opposed to the 'hero'.

Not really sure about the message of the movie, no plot twist, nothing really much happening. Just a ordinary life story about a arrogant musician, who thinks himself of something so special and is also lazy and not willing to work. So the movie represents a part, period of his life. I don’t see where the “must see” is.

First of all let me say I am a HUGE Coen brothers AND Justin Timberlake fan, so I was really looking forward to this movie. I must be either 1)not artsy enough, 2)not educated enough (even though I have a masters degree) 3)not a fan of folk music, or 4)all of the above. This movie took me on a meaningless journey to nowhere. I searched for metaphorical references, like the cat representing his heart, or other meaningful notations, and heck, I just wanted to be entertained at all. I honestly didn't understand this movie, and I think the critics say they liked it because it is just plain weird and that's what they seem to like. Justin Timberlake was underutilized and John Goodman was **** were several characters in the movie. Follow me around for a week and I promise you will be so much more entertained watching me make dinner at night, feed the dog, take a walk, sleep, work and do laundry.