Boring, Boring, Boring

Rating: 1/10 (19 January 2014)

This character doesn't change at all during this two hour film. It feels like this movie is only about the music and not about the characters. Why was the John Goodman character even in this movie? The director doesn't give this character a chance to impact the Ilewyn character. The audience feels no empathy for the main character...why was this movie even made? The character does not change from the opening scene to the final scene. Do we care that Ilewyn has a temper tantrum? The answer is an emphatic "No." I love many of the Cohen Brothers movies, but this is not one of them. The film needs to be at least 30 minutes shorter and needs to dwell on more of the internal issues that the Ilewyn character is dealing with.