Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.
Directors:
Ethan Coen,
Joel Coen
Stars:
Michael Stuhlbarg,
Richard Kind,
Sari Lennick
When a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.
Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- some of them of his own making. Written by
Production
The Coens told interviewer Terry Gross that working with multiple cats on the set was very difficult, and that they ended up disliking cats in general, largely because of their experience with them on this film. They also said that even the trained vulture they had worked with making True Grit (2010) was preferable to the cats they had to deal with, even though that trained bird of prey had been, "by vulture standards, probably a stupid vulture." See more »
Goofs
In the bathroom scene where John Goodman's character overdoses, a handicapped-accessible urinal is clearly visible on the wall. The movie is set in 1961 but public restrooms did not have handicapped facilities until the ADA was enacted in 1992. See more »
Quotes
Llewyn Davis:
I lost their fucking cat, I feel bad about it.
Jean:
That's what you feel bad about?
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Crazy Credits
At the end of the credits is an image (in Hebrew and English) declaring the film "Kosher for Passover". See more »
Being a real fan of the Coen Brothers previous efforts this was a great disappointment. The boring week in the life of some guy who was a folk singer, who had a real problem connecting with family, friends & all he knew & met along the way. I don't know who wrote this crap but there was a lot of wasted talent involved here. I expected John Goodman would bring something interesting in his portrayal of Mr.Turner, but I was wrong. I made a real effort in watching this film & I was waiting for some reward or punchline at the end, though it never came, something like a bad joke. I did however like the first song that was performed, "Hang Me", if you watch the first 5 minutes of this film you will hear that song. Give the rest of this film a miss & you will not miss a thing.
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Being a real fan of the Coen Brothers previous efforts this was a great disappointment. The boring week in the life of some guy who was a folk singer, who had a real problem connecting with family, friends & all he knew & met along the way. I don't know who wrote this crap but there was a lot of wasted talent involved here. I expected John Goodman would bring something interesting in his portrayal of Mr.Turner, but I was wrong. I made a real effort in watching this film & I was waiting for some reward or punchline at the end, though it never came, something like a bad joke. I did however like the first song that was performed, "Hang Me", if you watch the first 5 minutes of this film you will hear that song. Give the rest of this film a miss & you will not miss a thing.