Shot in chilly winter-grey and suffused with an increasing sense of melancholy, Inside Llewyn Davis will probably be the most poignant and beautiful film released this year. Oscar Isaac is perfectly cast as the end-of-the-line folk singer, as the viewer is literally dropped into a few days of his couch-hopping life that takes in a road trip and his transitory relationships. As ever with the Coens, a string of quirky characters (Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund and others - all terrific) and their fine attention to small details make this a credible and relatable milieu, but this wistful and carefully-built meditation on missed opportunities, disconnection and the power of the music is particularly captivating. The cat is no mere whimsy; it is the key to understanding the character and the movie itself. Whilst Inside Llewyn Davis might be one of the Coens' more subdued movies, it is also one of their most heartfelt and thus most effective on both a cerebral and emotional level.
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