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By Tara Thorne (211) for The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (715) on 14 Nov 2018

It's a slice-of-life film featuring wonderful folk compositions... and Oscar Isaacs, as Llewyn, takes the starring opportunity and runs with it…

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By Jennifer Heaton (346) for Alternative Lens (346) on 01 Nov 2018

It is ultimately a film about much life can suck when you try to follow a dream, enough to the point it can make that dream seem undesirable,…

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By Sarah Gopaul (223) for Digital Journal (223) on 31 Oct 2018

A few films have also capitalized on this tradition, but Inside Llewyn Davis may be one of the most captivating with a first-rate soundtrack…

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By Pat Padua (495) for DCist (403) on 29 Aug 2018

The movie's rich central figure feels like he's lost in a sea of phonies. If only the movie didn't feel that way too…

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By Molly Templeton (111) for Eugene Weekly (OR) (121) on 27 Aug 2018

For those of us who weren't there, the era seems so perfectly recreated that nothing escapes the film; it's like a short story you fall into…

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By Camilla Long (212) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 21 Feb 2018

This is a spooky and brilliant film that forces the viewer not simply to feel, like so many big crowdpleasers, but to think…

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By Kiko Martinez (245) for San Antonio Current (241) on 26 Jan 2018

A noteworthy lead performance by Oscar Isaac…

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By Lynden Barber (66) for Limelight (63) on 02 Jan 2018

The New York winter has never looked more frosty or hostile, and yet the gorgeous compositions and the plentiful offbeat humour keep the depression…

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By Mark Peranson (16) for Cinema Scope (405) on 14 Nov 2017

Inside Llewyn Davis proves the Coens to be the most Kubrickian of contemporary filmmakers-that is, if you consider Kubrick to be funny…

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By Candice Frederick (452) for Reel Talk Online (378) on 05 Sep 2017

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By Larushka Ivan-Zadeh (441) for Metro (UK) (700) on 05 Sep 2017

The direction is pitch-perfect; the characters unique and eccentric yet fully realised and the script, woven with absurdist comedy, a marvel…

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By Alex Heeney (135) for Seventh Row (175) on 13 Aug 2017

While we may feel moved by the music, there's a dark undercurrent in it, too…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 06 Aug 2017

Thanks to a sterling lead performance from Oscar Isaac, the Coen brothers have once again delivered an impressively nuanced character study…

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By Daniel Green (105) for CineVue (2,163) on 06 Aug 2017

Featuring a breakthrough lead turn from Oscar Isaac as a struggling folk singer, the Coens have returned to the high watermark of such classic…

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By Leigh Singer (56) for IGN (1,013) on 06 Aug 2017

The times they are a-changin’ but the Coens keep bringing the hits back home. A masterpiece…

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By Jonah Flicker (24) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 06 Aug 2017

The Coens have created a film that is wholly original and highly entertaining…

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By Raffi Asdourian (14) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 06 Aug 2017

Like much of their work, there is a lot to enjoy from this experience, yet despite this high level of filmmaking and attention to detail, the…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Seanax.com (387) on 12 Aug 2016

This is the Coens in bittersweet mode, a little oblique, a little downbeat, and a little offbeat…

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By Sonny Bunch (405) for Washington Free Beacon (282) on 13 Jul 2016

The film is vintage Coen Brothers: quietly funny, a bit arch, and beautifully shot…

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By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 18 Jun 2016

They beautifully and convincingly recreate the streets and coffee shops where he dwells, and seem intoxicated with the look and feel of those…

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