Review of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) by Mike_M — 21 Dec 2013
For those of you who are considering seeing this movie, a few thoughts:
-From my point of view, the user-reviewers who didn't like it missed out on the subtleties and complexities of character and tone. A movie's not obliged to follow the same form as most, or tell a story we've heard before.
-There's odd, dry humor that percolates through it, as you might expect from the Coen brothers, but this is their more serious side.
-Unlike many of their other movies, this has a more sincere warmth to go with the darkness, the oddness, and the intelligence.
-It's a rich, sad, dark winter's tale. It's the kind of stiff drink of storytelling that would not be out of place in the Bible or Gilgamesh or other classic literature. It's about a man stuck in a time and place and manner of being, as he hits up against the limits of what is possible for him, and often is his own worst enemy.
-See this when you are in the mood for more nutritious entertainment, and feel free to give yourself just enough distance from the main character that you can have a good look at what makes him human.
-The music is great, and it's all live performances.
This review of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) was written by Mike_M on 21 Dec 2013.
Inside Llewyn Davis has generally received very positive reviews.
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