Inside Llewyn Davis, Hollywood English Film Movie review, Johnson Thomas, Rating: * * * 1/2
English Film review Johnson Thomas A soul-stirring darkness of being Film: Inside Llewyn Davis Cast: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman Director: Ethan & Joel Coen Rating: * * * ½ Loosely based on the nearly forgotten folk-singer Dave Van Ronk (and inspired by his posthumous memoir The Mayor of MacDougal Street), this Coen Brothers effort is brilliantly shot and enacted. It’s a soulful, unabashedly lyrical take on a talent that never could make it big! Definitely worthy of your patronage! The film follows Davis for a week as he couch-surfs around Greenwich Village in 1961, just before Bob Dylan arrives to change the folk game. Davis(Oscar Isaac) is an idealistic young folk-singer struggling to make a name for himself in the Greenwich village folk scene. A lot happens within the mind and soul of the main character here. He is a defeatist whi stay...