I'm so glad I gave this movie a second chance.

Ya know, I wasn't even going to bother seeing this movie. I found myself with a night in and nothing to do and really wanted to watch something. I knew this was available through my On Demand so kind of just put it on for the hell of it...I ended up really liking it! I went in not expecting much, and maybe that was right attitude haha, because I watched it a second time a couple days later. I'm pretty sure I'm a huge Oscar Isaac fan now and will probably end up rewatching this movie again in the near future.

It's one of those movies that I think may grow on people. When I saw it first I didn't think much, but it kind of stuck with me, and the tone of the movie resonated with me a bit. Even though it's a bit of a dismal world they set up, I found myself wanting to be in it again and that's why I watched it again. So, go figure, I guess I like it!

Maybe, after some time, more people will come around to it too.

I was glad I watched it the first time, even though it didn't really resonate with me. However, the second time I watched it with my wife, and seeing it from the beginning again, it really connected with me and I started to get a lot of enjoyment out of it. It's great background movie if you want to be doing something else, but it also holds up great on repeat attentive viewings.

I kind of feel I get something new out of it each time I watch it. The whole movie has quite a few moments that stand out.

Totally agree with the first 3 posts here. I really didn't expect to like it and borrowed a copy from the library and almost didn't get around to watching it. I even watched the first half during a lunch break, so I didn't give my prime time viewing to something I was not going to like (chalk that up to reading lots of negative reviews). After I finished watching in 2 sessions, I immediately wanted to re-watch it. Now I want to buy it (and I no longer make a point of owning movies in general). I loved the music too.

The movie and the music have really stuck with me for the week since I've seen it. I think I was kinda meh about it til the Gate of Horn scene, which I found powerful and it picked up from there....then enjoyed rewatching. Kinda like hearing a complex song with tempo changes for the first time and it doesn't resonate til you hear it a few times. Then you learn to appreciate it.

I think maybe I should take a note from your pages and watch the movie again. I liked it quite a bit, but I didn't find it to be as poignant and/or enjoyable as most of the Coen Brothers' films, and given the themes of the movie I was expecting it to be.

In short, I think I had certain expectations of what this movie was going to be and they clouded my judgment going into it, a second viewing down the road a ways might help me to appreciate it more, because usually their movies resonate with me. I really liked Oscar Isaac in this, he was great. In fact the entire cast was. It just feels kind of hollow. I'll come back to it again in a few weeks and give it a second shot.

Yep. I didn't like it at all originally.

I was on Amazon Prime so I thought to give it another go. I really liked it this time.

Didn't like it very much the first time that I watched it but after seeing it for a second time now I love it.

Couldn't agree more. My brother talked me into watching it again, and I found Isaac's character hilarious. Cohen Brothers movies always need more than one viewing, but the one movie I'm most happy about rewatching is Cable Guy. Hated it, and now I think it gets funnier every time.

I saw it in theaters, and at the very end I developed a strong disliking to the movie, but I couldn't stop thinking about it either. It really got in my head, so I wrote out some notes and tried to put some pieces together. A theory clicked for me then which covered the structure of the movie, how it was similar to the Odyssey in ways (like the Coens did before with "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"), and how Llewyn's character arc was slowly improving. Once I got that nailed down (on the back of a receipt, no less), I came to really love the movie. It's a real favorite now.