A Serious Man

– A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Air..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 46 Minutes
Release Year:
2009
A Serious Man (2009)

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 acquaintances Sy Ableman.

A Serious Man (2009) - Trailer

Release Date:

06 Nov 2009

Language:

English, Yiddish, Hebrew

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Writer:

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Main Actors:

Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick

Plot:

Bloomington, Minnesota, 1967: Jewish physics lecturer Larry Gopnik is a serious and a very put-upon man. His daughter is stealing from him to save up for a nose job, his pot-head son, who gets stoned at his own bar-mitzvah, only wants him round to fix the TV aerial and his useless brother Arthur is an unwelcome house guest. But both Arthur and Larry get turfed out into a motel when Larry's wife Judy, who wants a divorce, moves her lover, Sy, into the house and even after Sy's death in a car crash they are still there. With lawyers' bills mounting for his divorce, Arthur's criminal court appearances and a land feud with a neighbour Larry is tempted to take the bribe offered by a student to give him an illegal exam pass mark. And the rabbis he visits for advice only dole out platitudes. Still God moves in mysterious - and not always pleasant - ways, as Larry and his family will find out.

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 72 nominations.

Gross profit:

$9,190,525

Production:

Focus Features

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
Metacritic:
79%