A Realistic View of The Life of a Musician!!

Rating: 9/10 (13 July 2015)

Inside Llewyn Davis is a drama that is set in the 60s. It features Oscar Isaac in the leading role as a struggling folk singer. This movie by the Coen Brothers is markedly different from some of their previous ventures as it is much more serious with little humor.
Despite having a relatively short runtime of just over 100 minutes, the film manages to show the journey of a musician who has to face rejection most of the time, sleep on other people's couch, and in general find it hard to make ends meet.
Oscar Isaac is brilliant in the role and he shows great emotion while playing the guitar. Carey Mulligan plays the friend of Llewyn Davis who is furious at him for getting her pregnant. She does a decent job in her small role.
The Coen Brothers don't give us a typical Hollywood movie in which everything works out in the end. Instead, we get to see how the hopes and dreams of Llewyn Davis are crushed and he has no choice but to quit playing music. The film is anticlimactic but the journey is worth the watch.