A film of monumental disappointment

Rating: 1/10 (5 April 2015)

The Greenwich Village folk scene of the early 60's drew me as a concept like iron to a magnet. Sure there must have been some dire and hopeless stuff going on but we are all very aware of the sheer quality of much that was produced. It was this I had hoped to see. Enter Llewllyn, quite the most unpleasant scrounger, ne-er do well and general sociopath who you could ever hope to avoid. Its true he does receive a beating by way of his behaviour toward another performer but I wound up wondering why the hopeless numb-skull was not permanently black and blue. Watch it to see a stunning performance by Carey Mulligan then go off and find a patch of paint drying; somewhere; anywhere.