Review of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) by Regan C — 02 May 2014

An essential Coen brothers ballad that's neither maudlin nor overbearing, a long, smoldering, mean joke both funny and hurtful.

This review of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) was written by Regan C on 02 May 2014.

Inside Llewyn Davis has generally received very positive reviews.

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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 Amanda B (685) on 02 Apr 2018

Oscar Issac is great in the leading-roll and the wide array of quirky characters featured throughout the film are excellent…

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Inside Llewyn Davis restores your faith in music and movies. Look into a week of passion and hardships with starving musician Llewyn Davis…

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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 Joel H (841) on 15 May 2018

Inside Llewyn Davis features beautiful, soothing music...and that's about it…

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My favorite Coen Brothers film…

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By Harrison R (132) on 19 Jan 2018

I can't figure out why this movie got made…

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By Valerie L (139) on 07 Apr 2017

As odd as you would expect a Cohen Brothers movie to be and only they can get away with that ending. The performances and music are superb…

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