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18/10/2013 Drama, Music 1h 45m
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Overview

In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.

  1. Joel Coen

    Director, Writer

  2. Ethan Coen

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Oscar Isaac

    Llewyn Davis

  2. Carey Mulligan

    Jean

  3. Justin Timberlake

    Jim

  4. Ethan Phillips

    Mitch Gorfein

  5. Robin Bartlett

    Lillian Gorfein

  6. Max Casella

    Pappi Corsicato

  7. Jerry Grayson

    Mel Novikoff

  8. Jeanine Serralles

    Joy

  9. Adam Driver

    Al Cody

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Reviews

A review by kineticandroid
Written by kineticandroid on 2014-06-21
At first, I strongly identified with Llewyn Davis' struggles — I think you'd be hard pressed to find a musician who doesn't — but by the film's end, I realize not only how many of those struggles are self-inflicted, I feel as if Llewyn is going to cycle through them many more times before things pick up or bottom out. Musically, Llewyn comes across as scrappy and soulful. He's just the person I'd want singing those sad, world-weary folk songs, at least compared to the cleaner- cut performers he meets throughout the film. And yet, that soul seems to come from tragedies (the suicide of his o...read the rest
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