not bad, not great

Rating: 5/10 (4 January 2014)

Really didn't see the hype with this one. Everyone was saying its 'the best coen brothers film' and 'so moving' but it wasn't anywhere near as good as oh brother where art thou. I hate Mulligan as an actress her whole persona (or lack of) gets on my nerves, which worked out for once because she plays a horrid character.
The film is very slow with not an awful lot happening and whenever Llewyn sang it didn't excite me it just made me sleepy. He has an amazing voice but the music was very uninspiring, though i guess that's supposed to be the point because he's a failing musician in the story.
It was occasionally funny but the main redeeming feature of the film was the cat stories. That cat was cute as heck and i would always be looking forward to the cat scenes. I understand that the film is supposed to be a little window into this guys life but the lack of detail sort of made the film wash over you creating a lack of empathy for the character. For example a lot of the film is just watching him walk around. Overall it was mildly entertaining but i wouldn't watch it again.