A Serious Man Details

2009

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Starring	Adam Arkin, Richard Kind, George Wyner, Fyvush Finkel
Director	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Genres	Comedy

A Serious Man

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"A Serious Man" is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and "F-Troop" is on TV. 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 colleagues, Sy Ableman, who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry's unemployable brother Arthur is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. While his wife and Sy Ableman blithely make new domestic arrangements, and his brother becomes more and more of a burden, an anonymous hostile letter-writer is trying to sabotage Larry's chances for tenure at the university. Also, a graduate student seems to be trying to bribe him for a passing grade while at the same time threatening to sue him for defamation. Plus, the beautiful woman next door torments him by sunbathing nude. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person -- a mensch -- a serious man?

Starring	Adam Arkin, Richard Kind, George Wyner, Fyvush Finkel, Katherine Borowitz, Simon Helberg, Michael Lerner, Alan Mandell, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amy Landecker, Brent Braunschweig, Allen Lewis Rickman, Sari Lennick, Yelena Shmulenson, Fred Melamed, Peter Breitmayer
Director	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Studio	UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 45 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 45 mins
Certificate
Genres	Comedy
Language	DVD: English Blu-ray: English
Released	Production year: 2009 To Rent: DVD: Unavailable for rental Blu-ray: Unavailable for rental

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- Towards the end of the Coen brothersâ âThe Big Lebowskiâ, a black-clad German complains that a situation isnât... read more on Time Out
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  Good and well worth a watch, but maybe...
  
  As per title, I thought this was good and well worth a watch, but if you're not a fan of the Coen brothers films it may not work for you.
  
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  The Coen brothers set a high standard and this falls just a bit short in my view. It is very Jewish which does not matter but because it is so autobiographical ... read more »
  
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  i can see why some people would like this film....if get the dak humour, dead pan faces etc but this film just isnt for me. couldnt wait for it to finish in the... read more »
  
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