93
Metascore
53 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthInside Llewyn Davis isn't about someone trying to make it big, but someone just trying to make it, and the Coens celebrate the hard road that can inspire great art.
- 100The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThis is a gorgeously made character study leavened with surrealistic dimensions both comic and dark, an unsparing look at a young man who, unlike some of his contemporaries, can’t transcend his abundant character flaws and remake himself as someone else.
- 100VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasInside Llewyn Davis is a revelatory showcase for Isaac, who sings with an angelic voice and turns a potentially unlikable character into a consistently relatable, unmistakably human presence — a reminder that humility and genius rarely make for comfortable bedfellows.
- 100The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinThis is instant A-list Coens; enigmatic, exhilarating, irresistible.
- 100The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawBrilliantly written, terrifically acted, superbly designed and shot; it's a sweet, sad, funny picture about the lost world of folk music which effortlessly immerses us in the period.
- 100Time Out LondonDave CalhounTime Out LondonDave CalhounThe Coens have given us a melancholic, sometimes cruel, often hilarious counterfactual version of music history. It's a what-if imagining of a cultural also-ran that maybe tells us more about the truth than the facts themselves ever could.
- 95Film.comJordan HoffmanFilm.comJordan HoffmanIt’s a character piece, and one of the best and most understated movies I’ve ever seen about the grieving process.
- 88Slant MagazineChris CabinSlant MagazineChris CabinAs played by an eloquently beleaguered Oscar Isaac, Llewyn Davis is arguably the most vivid and complex character the Coens have dreamed up since Marge Gunderson.
- 63McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThe movie is so “interior,” it so zeroes in on Isaac and his baleful stare, that we’re relieved any time something overtly funny happens.