USA
2009/35mm/105mins – – AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
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The new off the wall film from the Coen brothers explores questions of faith, mortality and dental phenomena. An ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is playing on the radio and F-Troop is on TV.
It is 1967. Larry Gopnik’s wife is leaving him and his son has a discipline problem at Hebrew school. His unemployable brother is sleeping on the couch, and his daughter 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? Written and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, this is a return to their roots and to their deliciously twisted view of the world.
Premiered at the Toronto Film Festival
“A hugely entertaining black comedy, arguably their sharpest and funniest piece of writing since THE BIG LEBOWSKI” Todd Brown, Twitch Film
“A particularly personal project from Joel and Ethan Coen, and their talent for putting their characters through the wringer in peculiarly funny ways flourishes here on their home turf.”
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Writer/Director/Producers Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Cast Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick Print Source Universal Pictures Australia
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As always, the Coen Brothers’ style of black comedy leaves you laughing whilst thinking … maybe I shouldn’t be laughing so much.
Very funny movie.
The cinematography was a stand-out for me too. Some scenes looked almost like they were shot with a tilt-shift lens.
“A Serious Man” is an eminently watchable black comedy. You do have to appreciate some of the humour of the Cohen brother’s heritage though. Still, all-in-all an hilarious ride.
Definitely the off-beat Coen Bros style, but a rather questionable ending. The kind of film you could spend a couple of hours talking about with your friends afterwards, speculating on each characters’ motivations and behaviours.