As kids, we're told to dream big. As teens, we're told that our dreams will come true as long as we work hard, and do whatever it takes to get into a good school. As young adults, we're pushed off into the big bad world and demonstrate what we learned in school and nab a job, get a house, and start a family, to start the process all over again. Countless films have documented the frustrating purgatory of "getting by" people navigate before their big break. Movies like, "Working Girl" and "The Devil Wears Prada" show the difficult journey of the respective protagonists, partnered with a happy ending; they've gotten what they wanted. But what happens when you don't "make it"? What happens when your dream outruns you even though you do whatever it takes to chase it down? With Inside Llewyn Davis, the Coen Brothers expertly show us that sometimes, what's standing between us and our big break, is ourselves.
