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Rating: 3.5 stars

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Seen on: 06/13/2010

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A Serious Man (2009)

Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Drama

Most recently watched by noahphex, jenerator

Overview

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.

Rated R | Length 106 minutes

Actors

Steve Park | Michael Lerner | James Cada | Raye Birk | George Wyner | Richard Kind | Alan Mandell | Simon Helberg | Adam Arkin | Fyvush Finkel | Michael Stuhlbarg | Scott Thompson Baker | Allen Lewis Rickman | Fred Melamed | Sari Lennick | Aaron Wolff | Jessica McManus | Peter Breitmayer | Katherine Borowitz | Amy Landecker | David Kang | Tim Russell | Brent Braunschweig | Benjamin Portnoe | Yelena Shmulenson | Jon Kaminski Jr. | Ari Hoptman | Landyn Banx | Joel Thingvall | Tyson Bidner | Punnavith Koy | Rita Vassallo | Warren Keith | Ronald Schultz | Charles Brin | Amanda Day | Wayne A. Evenson | Michael Tezla | Jim Lichtscheidl | Claudia Wilkens | Jane Hammill | Jack Swiler | Andrew S. Lentz | Michael Engel | Phyllis Harris | Piper Sigel-Bruse | Hannah Nemer | Neil Newman

Viewing Notes

The Coen brothers always bring great movies. I had let this one slip because it didn’t seem that compelling. And actually, the Netflix disc had been sitting on my shelf for almost 2 weeks before watching it.

I’m glad I finally did. It’s not the usual fare for the Coen’s but all the trappings of their characters are there. I loved the performances in this movie and I certainly should since that’s its central point.

The ending…wow, the ending is stunning. Spoiler alert here!

When it ends I’ve read that people said the tornado and doctor’s call had to do with Larry, who had up until that point done everything “right”, was being punished for the grade change. That seems overly analytical and too much of a Christian punishing God sort of thing. Really, to me, the movie demonstrates that even if you live a “serious” or proper life, doing the right things, shit is going to happen. There’s bad stuff no matter what, from outside sources, whether it be other people or natural events.

Compelling and not a film I’m really anxious to revisit (like the Coen’s comedies) but an amazing movie, still.

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