A gifted but volatile folk musician navigates Greenwich Village, confronting melancholy, gritty realities, and darkly comic struggles.
Intimate, with dry wit. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Kanopy (free) and Hoopla (free).
Nothing past what an R promises: some innuendo or implied sex and some violence.
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In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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