A Serious Man (Film Review)
The story follows Lawrence Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a Jewish Minnesotan Physics teacher facing a divorce. This came as a complete surprise to him, and destroys him emotionally. He is even being doubted by his workplace as a complaint comes in after he didn't accept a bribe from one of his failing students. He begins to doubt his faith heavily.
The story is set in the 60s, and the set designers definitely succeeded in doing this. The colours of the clothing, set, and props is very vivid. The acting from all characters is also very sincere, with lots of witty dialogue. The film definitely relies on dialogue, so the dialogue is very strong.
Like most Coen Brother films, the film is not overly exciting, but is of very high quality, notably very high quality dialogue.
I give this film 9/10.
A Serious Man was nominated for two Academy Awards - Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. It was also nominated for a BAFTA and Golden Globe.
Rated 15, runtime 106 minutes.
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