See Inside Llewyn Davis a second time: It's worth it!

Rating: 9/10 (1 January 2014)

I've been a big fan of the Coen Brothers every since Raising Arizona (1987) and came to Inside Llewyn Davis with great anticipation. But it took me a couple of days to get my arms around the film and see it as ranking among the top of their films. This is a rambling and uncentered film -- not unlike the period of the early folk music 60's the film portrays.
(Stop here is you don't want a slight spoiler) Llewyn Davis (aka Dave Van Ronk -- research that before you see the film) is a talented purist of a folk singer who travels the country trying to find success without compromising his principles. (Compromise means NOT becoming the third member of a Peter, Paul and Mary type group). The cinematography is part of the beauty of this film; like most Coen Bros movies, it's a dark view of the landscape. Well acted by Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Ethan Phillips, Robin Bartlett and others. (Also, some nice cameos from John Goodman, F. Murray Abraham, In the end, for me the film is like the era, which we lived through.