This weekend "Inside Llewyn Davis" opens in limited-release, with great reviews accompanying the film into theaters.
The film, starring Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake and Carey Mulligan, tells the story of a singer-songwriter who navigates New York's folk music scene during the 1960s.
The movie was directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and opened at Cannes Film Festival where it was awarded the Grand Prix. It later took home the Gotham Award for Best Feature. The film has thus far received great reviews and looks to be one of the best-reviewed films of the year.
Kennenth Turran from the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review and said, "In addition to everything else, 'Inside Llewyn Davis' is very much a roman à clef about those early folk years, with many of its characters inspired by real people the Coens reconstitute after viewing them through their very particular lens."
Anthony Lane from The New Yorker stated, "If you love the Coens, or follow folk music, or hold fast to this period of history and that patch of New York, then the film can hardly help striking a chord."
Kyle Smith from the New York Post also gave the film a great review and stated, "A bleak but lovely little parable about the failure of a Greenwich Village folk singer in the weeks before Bob Dylan hits town and Everything Changes."
Alfonso Duralde from the Wrap wrote, "This isn't the cute, accessible period piece that some audiences might be expecting, but the Coens once again prove that their seemingly random and chaotic chord progressions lead somewhere wonderful."
David Salazar from Latinos Post wrote, "The Coen Brothers are legends at this point with such terrific films as 'A Serious Man,' 'The Big Lebowski,' 'Fargo' and 'No Country for Old Men.' However, 'Llewyn Davis' is possibly their most powerful film in its ability to tap into the universal creative struggle of not only the artist, but every human being."
CBS will release the movie in four theaters and will later expand it nationwide.