"Farewell true love, we'll meet another day, another time..."

Rating: 9/10 (7 September 2018)

Not suited for the popcorn loving masses. Stay away, this is not your cup of tea! Having said that I can now praise this wonderful Coen Brothers gem for all those who are curious about these genius movie twins. Any one who knows the Coen Brothers wont be reading these reviews, they will be watching their magnificent work. However for all those who dont yet know who the Coen Brothers are, this review might be very helpful with my one and only advice: go watch it.
The Coen Brothers do it their way. Instead of making a movie about the glorified period in Greenwich Village that put Bob Dylan in the spotlights, they made a movie of the bland period BEFORE that truly gifted singer songwriter saw the light. Who would dare do that, other than the Coen Brothers? Who would dare make a movie about a singer songwriter that has no talent?
Every Coen Brothers movie is full of losers: people who just fail at everything they aim for. This story aint no different. It's about Oscar Isaac trying to make it in the music business of the early sixties. And he fails miserably. But the meticulous portrait of his failing is done so splendidly, that it is a great joy to watch this man fall from grace.
"A fantastic true life" drama was the quote from a disney poster that was featured in this movie. And true to life this story is. Bleak, grey and going nowhere. Nothing happens. A man loses a cat. A man finds a cat. A man goes to Chicago and returns from Chicago. He goes with nothing and he returns with nothing. Well, he has gained something: the wisdom and insight that his music carreer and his life are going nowhere. All this bland, depressing waste of effort is photographed, edited, scored and acted in such a brilliant way that I honestly dare say, that this movie gets better every time I watch it. No longer the story is relevant, but the depressing mood, that smothers every scene. And that mood is one of quiet despair and loneliness. No director can portray loss and despair with such grace as the Coen Brothers have done with "Inside Llewyn Davis". Magnificent!