The Vidiot Reviews

Rating: 6/10 (13 March 2014)

Inside Llewyn Davis
The key to being a successful folk singer is finding the perfect street corner to busk on.
Even more prominent, the troubadour in this drama has found himself a coffee house to play at.
After his partner's suicide, couch surfing, folk singer Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) learns a fellow folk singer (Carey Mulligan) is pregnant with his baby.
Llewyn agrees to pay for the abortion and that arrangement sets the stage for his journey from Greenwich to Chicago to see a record producer (F. Murray Abraham) in hopes of establishing a solo career.
A striking recreation of the 1960s café scene, directors Joel and Ethan Coen bring their oddball blend of dark humour, eccentric characters and esoteric metaphors to the format.
And while not every message is comprehensible and not every ballad is enjoyable, the artistry is undeniable.
Incidentally, the folk singer movement ended the very day Bob Dylan became indecipherable.
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