Do you like folk music? If the answer is “no” then get ready for a surprise because you do like folk music. You just don’t know it yet. At the very least you will discover you like it after you see the newest offering from the Coen Brothers, “Inside Llewyn Davis” which opens today, December 20 in select theaters around South Florida.

“Inside Llewyn Davis” is one of those movies by Joel and Ethan Coen that is difficult to sum up in a sentence or two. The story takes place over the course of a few days in the life of a homeless folk singer, Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaak) in 1961. He is a man who spends his nights sleeping on people’s couches and his days usually lugging around a guitar in New York’s Greenwich Village.

Always bear in mind that the Oscar winning filmmakers behind “Inside Llewn Davis” do not always make movies in the traditional sense. Overall the picture is brilliant. Once again they created something that is filled with memorable characters no matter how long they are on screen and the dialogue they speak is just as engaging. It is well shot and edited. While it is not booked as a musical, there are a number of songs performed fully throughout its running time including a couple by Justin Timberlake. All of them are folk songs, so it is unlikely you saw the Grammy winning singer perform any of these this past summer on tour with Jay Z. There will be times, after a song is done in one of the club scenes, where you will almost want to clap along with the audience on screen. They are that well done.