Great plot, great music, interesting characters, intimate story.

Rating: 10/10 (30 June 2016)

This is one of my favorite films I've ever seen. I can't explain why I love it so much. I seen it a couple of days ago for the first time and I've already seen it twice.
The Coen brothers seemed to be so careful with the film, with every part having the right feel and mood that they wanted to portray. The story, plot and characters blend together to create a simple story with an intricate plot, playing out over a week.
Like every Coen brothers movie, it was shot beautifully and it was shot thoughtfully. The two also payed a lot of attention to the story, creating characters that we seem to know well after their first few scenes. They even created a good and interesting character who speaks almost no lines and only has about 10 minutes of screen time.
The movie seems to have three acts that blend characters and plot together brilliantly creating an ongoing feel to the movie. Whatever they did created a film that feels close and intimate as well as creating a long and interesting plot with a simple and small story. The movie never loses it's local feel while it expands it's horizons creating a whole world for the audience to enjoy.
This years Coen brothers movie Hail!Caesar lacks this feeling. It became messy and the main story got lost somewhere in between the side stories. That movie should have felt big as well as being intimate and interesting. Where that movie failed this movie strove. With Inside Llewyn Davis, I felt like I was a journey, the movie felt long and I was sad when it was over. With Hail!Caesar the movie felt like it had ended before I knew what had happened or who any of the characters were.
One thing that stood out in this movie was the comedy. For some reason the two brother's sense of humor mixed so well with the feel of this movie. Watching Llewyn as he argues and annoys people around him while dropping very funny lines throughout. Sometimes you just laugh at the situations he puts himself in. All of it though led to some funny moments.
Overall, it is a 'little' movie that felt expansive, intimate and interesting that coincides beautifully with the characters and the music.