A Serious Man
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- Synopsis
- Filmmaking duo Joel and Ethan Coen write, produce, and direct this period black comedy set in 1967 concerning a Midwestern physics professor whose staid and stable life slowly begins to unravel after his wife announces that she's leaving him....
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- Director(s)
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Distributor(s)
- Focus Features
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min.
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Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
It’s a work of cruel comic genius, in some ways even crueler than “No Country for Old Men.’’Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
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.Read the full review
Slate | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites
A Serious Man is an exquisitely realized work; the filmmakers' technical mastery of their craft, always impressive, has become absolute. The script reads like a novel, densely allusive, funny, and terse.Read the full review
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