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About
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.
Theatrical
Nov 6, 2009
Box Office
$31.4M
Budget
$7.0M
Return
4.5x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 9, 2010
Theaters
2
Directors
Producers
Music
Studio
Focus Features, StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films, Mike Zoss Productions
Quotes
See all →Understanding Life's Unexpected Lessons
Friend at the Picnic
Sometimes these things just aren't meant to be. And it can take a while before you feel what was always there, for better or worse.
Larry Gopnik
I never felt it! It was a bolt from the blue! What does that mean! Everything that I thought was one way turns out to be another.
Friend at the Picnic
Then-it's an opportunity to learn how things really are. I'm sorry-I don't mean to sound glib. It's not always easy, deciphering what God is trying to tell you.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Burden of Unexpected Responsibilities
Larry Gopnik
She seems to be asking an awful lot. But then, I don't know. Somebody has to pay for Sy's funeral.
Rabbi Nachtner
Uh-huh.
Larry Gopnik
His own estate is in probate, but why does it have to be me? Or is it wrong to complain? Judy says it is. But I'm so strapped for cash right now, carrying the mortgage, and paying for the Jolly Roger, and I wrecked the car, and Danny's Bar Mitzvah coming up, I...
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →M
Michael Stuhlbarg
Larry Gopnik
R
Richard Kind
Uncle Arthur
F
Fred Melamed
Sy Ableman
S
Sari Lennick
Judith Gopnik
P
Peter Breitmayer
Mr. Brandt
A
Alan Mandell
Rabbi Marshak
A
Amy Landecker
Mrs. Samsky
G
George Wyner
Rabbi Nachtner
K
Katherine Borowitz
Friend at the Picnic
S
Steve Park
Clive's Father
A
Allen Lewis Rickman
Shtetl Husband
Y
Yelena Shmulenson
Shtetl Wife
F
Fyvush Finkel
Dybbuk?
R
Ronald Schultz
Hebrew School Teacher
R
Raye Birk
Dr. Shapiro
J
Jane Hammill
Larry's Secretary
C
Claudia Wilkens
Marshak's Secretary
S
Simon Helberg
Rabbi Scott
A
Adam Arkin
Divorce Lawyer
J
James Cada
Cop #1
