Down and Out in Greenwich Village

Rating: 4/10 (12 January 2014)

I consider myself a Coen Bros. fan. I have a high tolerance for the unusual and I expect the quirky when the Coen Bros. put their magic together. This film starts out slowly and eventually drifts to an ignoble ending. The main character is dull and over the course of approximately two hours he gets duller. If you are hoping to see a Coen Bros. film that excites and entertains, unfortunately this will surely disappoint. The settings of the 1960's in Greenwich Village New York are "spot on". The music ( if you are into folk music) is mildly entertaining and the acting is entirely satisfactory. Its just the story line and the theme that is duller than dry dust in an old cardboard box. I can say that the movie had a very nice cat. Throughout the movie I cared more about the welfare of the cat than I did for the title character.