Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Plot: Inside Llewyn Davis, the new film from Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen, follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is at a crossroads. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles - some of them of his own making. Living at the mercy of both friends and strangers, scaring up what work he can find, Llewyns misadventures take him from the baskethouses of the Village to an empty Chicago club - on an odyssey to audition for a music mogul - and back again. Brimming with music performed by Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake and Carey Mulligan (as Llewyns married Village friends), as well as Marcus Mumford and Punch Brothers, Inside Llewyn Davis - in the tradition of O Brother, Where Art Thou? - is infused with the transportive sound of another time and place. Review: I quite enjoyed this witty movie about a folk singer who just cant get a break, even though hes extremely talented. The storyline was put together well by the Coen Brothers and Oscar Isaac plays the lead extremely well. There are some amusing scenes that made me laugh, like the scene in the studio with Timberlake, but it does seem to go a bit downhill when he goes on the road. There is a taste of Were Out Thou, with the old American music, and I enjoyed the scenes with the cat that has many lives, but its not a classic Coen Brothers movie like The Big Lebowski or Fargo. Watchable! Round-Up: Oscar Isaac seems to be taken quite seriously in Hollywood at the moment and Im sure that he will get an extra boost after starring in the near Star Wars. With films like Robin Hood, Drive and the Bourne Legacy in his portfolio, he has definitely made some great choices in his career and he also a great voice to add to your skills. All of the other actors like, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman & Carey Mulligan, only play small roles in the movie but they put in good performances. Oscar Issac is in every single take of the film which doesnt get tedious or boring because of the mixture of wit and seriousness which works very well. For such a small project, it deserved to make a profit because of the way that the Coen Brothers write there movies so well. Budget: $11million Worldwide Gross: $33million I recommend this movie to people who are into there musical, down and out, type of movies about an artist trying to make it in the music world. 6/10
Posted on: Sat, 31 May 2014 15:54:43 +0000