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Inside Llewyn Davis

2013 · 105 min · Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen ★ IMDb 7.4 · 173,659 ratings

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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.

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Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Sadness 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Sadness, Nostalgia. Genres: Drama, Music. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Sadness and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Relief

Sadness
Empathy
Tension
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness46 %40 %25 %30 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness43 %38 %28 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Sadness40 %34 %31 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Sadness42 %34 %31 %25 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Tension47 %32 %30 %31 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Humor46 %26 %27 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Humor46 %23 %26 %23 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Relief51 %29 %32 %38 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Tension54 %31 %32 %43 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Humor50 %26 %26 %31 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Sadness51 %26 %28 %35 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Tension53 %23 %29 %46 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Tension50 %29 %34 %41 %
67.5 %≈ 71′Sadness52 %40 %39 %36 %
72.5 %≈ 76′Tension54 %39 %40 %34 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Sadness57 %46 %50 %28 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Sadness57 %49 %49 %28 %
87.5 %≈ 92′Relief54 %43 %38 %35 %
92.5 %≈ 97′Sadness53 %45 %35 %33 %
97.5 %≈ 102′Sadness49 %45 %32 %18 %
Cinderella

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Ethan Phillips

Mitch Gorfein

Robin Bartlett

Lillian Gorfein

Max Casella

Pappi Corsicato

JG
Jerry Grayson

Mel Novikoff

Adam Driver

Al Cody

SS
Stark Sands

Troy Nelson

Garrett Hedlund

Johnny Five

AK
Alex Karpovsky

Marty Green

HH
Helen Hong

Janet Fung

BM
Bradley Mott

Joe Flom

MR
Michael Rosner

Arlen Gamble

BR
Bonnie Rose

Dodi Gamble

JA
Jack A. O'Connell

Elevator Attendant

RC
Ricardo Cordero

Nunzio

SK
Sylvia Kauders

Ginny

Details

Directed by
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Written by
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Type
Movies
Released
2013
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States, United Kingdom, France
Genres
Drama, Music
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 173,659 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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