97/100

An odyssey through cigarette smoke, carrying a lonely soul from couch to couch and from disappointment to disappointment. Chilly, wintry cinema, packed with typical Coens humor (I could listen to Mulligan rant about condoms for days) but also distanced from the crisp time-period that it's depicting. Like the Coen Brothers have said, there's no need to parody the folk genre as everything is right up there on the screen, but there's still a plethora of swelling comfort and unwelcoming depression to be found, sliding a detailed character study into the aura of a peculiar environment. My favorite Coen Brothers film, and if I had to pick one reason why, I'd point you to the moment where an orange tabby cat experiences the rush of the subway for the first time, following the rapid lights as they strobe into oblivion.

a hell of a lot of truth in this. a hell of a lot of truth. broad cuts at the divide between living & simply being alive, but perhaps more than anything else a gently devastating look at how people change (or how they don't). need to let this one kick around (and will surely revisit a ridiculous number of times over the years) but already comfortable saying that it's up there with the the Coen brothers' very best.

"Llewyn is the cat."

Even richer on second viewing. I feel you could watch this movie 100 times and not reach bottom. I laughed more, and I was moved more, and one performance choked me up more.

Someone needs to do a video essay putting the opening and closing scenes side by side, comparing and contrasting each shot and line reading, and examining what's changed and what stays the same, and why.

I really dont know how to feel about this movie and I will probably need to watch it again before I can confidently rate it but one thing I do know is that Fare Thee Well is one of my favorite songs to ever come out of an original soundtrack.

Spaceman

this film gives me completely unfounded hope that even if im a failure, maybe i can become as pretty as oscar isaac in the process

Also, don't get how there wasn't more discussion on the queer subtext, i can't see how the film would even work without it at this point

Oscar Isaac carrying a cat around nyc? Alright

The most intimate portrait of a wandering artist I think I've ever seen, the Coen brothers deliver maybe their most distinct film yet. 'Inside Llewyn Davis' has a monster cast, but none are as defined as Oscar Isaac in his breakout role, and a ginger cat that has more symbolism than one could have imagined. Loved the depressing colour palette and dark cinematography, fits the tone perfectly. Successfully diverting predictability and generating conversation from a premise as simple as a musician trying to make a career, 'Inside Llewyn Davis' arguably stands as the Coen's best work.

Nobody makes people glow like Delbonnel. It’s magical.

My honey was fared well!

Oscar Isaac ascended.

A beautiful tragedy. A cyclical examination of the pain, music and the importance of being alive.