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A Serious Man (2009)
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Ratings: 7.1/10 from 54,472 users
Metascore:
79/100
Reviews: 278 user | 306 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com A black comedy drama centered on Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern professor who watches his life unravel through multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking for meaning and answers he seems to stay stalled. |
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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Clive Park
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Jack Swiler | ... | |
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Andrew S. Lentz | ... | |
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Jon Kaminski Jr. | ... | |
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Arlen Finkle
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Storyline
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. Written by don @ minifie-1
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Rated R for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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(Denmark) See more »Also Known As:
Un hombre serio See more »Box Office
Budget:
$7,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$251,337 (USA) (4 October 2009) (6 Screens)Gross:
$9,190,525 (USA) (3 January 2009)Company Credits
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Trivia
The cast contains very few Coen regulars, and most of the actors in the film are relative unknowns. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: One of the albums sent by the Columbia Record Club was "Cosmo's Factory", a CCR album released in 1970, not 1967. See more »Crazy Credits
Fyvush Finkel's character is listed as "Dybbuk?". See more »Connections
Referenced in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The Rotten Tomatoes Show Year Endies (#1.39)" (2009) See more »
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