What was the point again?

Rating: 5/10 (26 January 2014)

While not the most overrated film of the year (that belongs to Her), Inside Llewyn Davis tells a story that doesn't seem worth telling. The film follows Llewyn Davis through a week in his life in the NYC folk scene of the early 1960's.
The film looks amazing. The recreation of the time period is incredible, the camera work extraordinary, and the direction is splendid. If there was just a story here somewhere we would all be happy. There are interesting scenes, and a laugh or two inside this bleak environment, but mostly we watch Llewyn go through his miserable paces. He crashes with whatever friend he hasn't ticked off lately. He loses one cat, then kills another. He finds out that he has a child, but finds no strength to actually go find it. He takes a meaningless trip to Chicago with an out of place John Goodman. Nothing happens so he comes back to NYC. And the film ends up exactly where it started - LITERALLY - by showing us the first scene of the film again.
Sorry, but not my cup of tea.