Moxie User Rating

9.0 stars out of 10 (2 votes)  -  login or register to rate this film

Synopsis

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, 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. 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?

Trailer

Film Information

• Genre: Comedy / Drama
• Director: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• Written By: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Fred Melamed, Richard Kind, Aaron Wolf, Sari Wagner, Jessica McManus, and Adam Arkin
• Running Time: 105 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: R for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence
• Language: English
• Official Site

Reviews

"See this film immediately."

   - Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

"May not have the starry casts of the Coens' more recent films, but it has plenty of heart and soul."

   - Lou Lumenick, New York Post

"Have I mentioned A Serious Man is so rich and funny? This isn't a laugh-laugh movie, but a wince-wince movie. Those can be funny too."

   - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"A tart, brilliantly acted fable of life’s little cosmic difficulties, a Coen brothers comedy with a darker philosophical outlook than “No Country for Old Men” but with a script rich in verbal wit."

   - Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

"It’s a work of cruel comic genius, in some ways even crueler than “No Country for Old Men.’’"

   - Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Showtimes

• Friday, November 6th
  6:45 pm, 9:15 pm
• Saturday, November 7th
  4:15 pm, 6:45 pm, 9:15 pm
• Sunday, November 8th
  1:45 pm, 4:15 pm, 6:45 pm
• Monday, November 9th
  6:45 pm, 9:15 pm
• Tuesday, November 10th
  6:45 pm, 9:15 pm
• Wednesday, November 11th
  6:45 pm, 9:15 pm
• Thursday, November 12th
  6:45 pm, 9:15 pm
• Friday, November 13th
  6:45 pm, 9:15 pm
• Saturday, November 14th
  4:15 pm, 6:45 pm, 9:15 pm
• Sunday, November 15th
  1:45 pm, 4:15 pm
• Monday, November 16th
  6:45 pm, 9:15 pm
• Tuesday, November 17th
  6:45 pm, 9:15 pm
• Thursday, November 19th
  9:15 pm
• Friday, November 20th
  7:00 pm
• Saturday, November 21st
  4:15 pm, 7:00 pm
• Sunday, November 22nd
  2:00 pm, 4:45 pm
• Monday, November 23rd
  7:00 pm
• Tuesday, November 24th
  8:45 pm
• Wednesday, November 25th
  7:00 pm