The story is quite trivial and uninspiring, with little humour.

Rating: 6/10 (13 April 2016)

Inside Llewyn Davis tells the tale of a moderately gifted singer/songwriter, back in the early 60's when the likes of Bob Dylan was on his way up. Davis tries, unsuccessfully, to make a name for himself in the pop music business.
It is a nice little movie, extremely well made by the much loved and highly rated Cohen brothers, but ultimately, the story is quite trivial, uninspiring and not deserving of an Oscar, despite the general clamour than it should have been nominated.
Llewyn Davis, the lead character, is not a very appealing or likable person and the film really doesn't go anywhere. All it is succeeds in doing is spreading a little more doom and gloom into our anxt - filled lives. It is supposed to have some humour, but apart from one or two isolated incidents, to me it was unremittingly grim.
I am only mentioning this film because of claims from many in the industry that it should have been nominated for Best Picture. Trust me, they are wrong. It didn't deserve to have been nominated – any more than 'Her' deserved to be nominated.