A Serious Man (2009)

7.0R105 minDirector: Joel Coen

2009 film

A Serious Man is a 2009 black comedy-drama film written, produced, edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Set in 1967, the film stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesotan Jewish man whose life crumbles both professionally and personally, leading him to questions about his faith.

A Serious Man received widespread critical acclaim, including a place on both the American Film Institute's and National Board of Review of Motion Pictures's Top 10 Film Lists of 2009. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, and Stuhlbarg was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Since its release, it has been widely considered one of the Coen brothers' best films and one of the greatest films of the 21st century.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is A Serious Man about?
A Serious Man (2009) — 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 useles
Is A Serious Man based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is A Serious Man scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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