INSIDE this character drama you will find....

Rating: 8/10 (30 March 2014)

And here comes another Coen Bros film. Another film with some very memorable characters led by the somewhat newcomer Oscar Isaac. He is basically the only lead in the movie, everyone else is a glorified cameo. Besides perhaps Carey Mulligan, who is great as the ticked off ex-girlfriend type. The whole movie comes off as a depressing journey for a man who cant find himself. The deeper meaning is he cant move on from his best friend and music partner committing suicide.
Praise- The look of the film is great, so much that it was nominated for an academy award for cinematography. Even without much of a climax, the Coen Brothers work their magic and do a great job directing. They always find a way to make their characters memorable. Even in the Big Lebowski (which I think is a highly overrated film) I remember some of the lines of the infamous 'The Dude'. I really liked that they threw the cat into the mix as the heart and soul of the movie. It truly symbolizes his music partner and that he finally realizes how to let him go and move on. Man does Davis struggle through most of this movie though. It really seems like nobody cares for this guy and the only people that actually allow him to stay more than one night are the Gorfein's. Perhaps they are the parents of his former partner?
Complaints- I don't have many problems with the movie, as the writing is pretty much flawless as is every other Coen Bros movie. I would say for me, the movie didn't pull me in emotionally as much as I wanted it to. I had heard it has as much heartbreak as Pursuit of Happiness. It just didn't thrill me as much with the emotion.
As a whole its a great small film that has some great deeper meanings of loss and getting over something that haunts you and eventually makes you hit rock bottom.
8.3/10