For the number one spot, it's the Coen brothers' exploration of failing to be successful at the career you want, at the career you don't want, at relationships, at friendship, and at life in general. That's right, it's Inside Llewyn Davis, a film for which the trailer did that thing of including all the funny bits, only to leave you baffled at how unlike the rest of the film that was when you actually got round to seeing it. If there's one message to take away from Inside Llewyn Davis, it's this: you might think you're a great artist, but really you're probably just mediocre, and even if you have talent, don't expect to make anything of it anyway. You can keep on toiling away at trying to make it in the job you love, but it might be better for you to just give in and throw yourself into the hellacious rat race that is working life now. Inside Llewyn Davis is a great film, there's no doubt about that. But the slapstick-y, ever-so-slightly zany tone of the trailer gave little indication of just how grindingly bleak this new Coens joint was, and said even less about the unfortunate fate of that cute cat. Which other 'comedy' films turned out to be actually really depressing? Let us know in the comments below.
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