Review of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) by Ben S — 01 Mar 2014

The Coens are pretty much epic, and even their bad films are still pretty great, so yeah.

This review of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) was written by Ben S on 01 Mar 2014.

Inside Llewyn Davis has generally received very positive reviews.

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2/5 stars This is exactly the sort of movie I hate. There seemed to be no real point to the movie. It was just kinda depressing and boring…

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