A Serious Man

A Serious Man

Synopsis

Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet mid-western university has been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues, Sy Ableman. Larry’s unemployable brother Arthur is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny is a discipline problem, and his daughter Sarah is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. Just when you thought things can’t get any worse, an anonymous hostile letter-writer is trying to sabotage Larry’s chances for tenure at the university. Also, a graduate student seems to be trying to bribe him for a passing grade while at the same time threatening to sue him for defamation. Plus, the beautiful woman next door torments him by sunbathing nude. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis.

Official Site: www.filminfocus.com

Singapore Release Date: 18th February 2010, Thursday

Running Time: 105 minutes

Ratings: G

Genre: Comedy | Drama

Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Wagner Lennick, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff

Crew: Director (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen), Producer (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen), Writers (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen), Music (Carter Burwell), Cinematography (Roger Deakins) and Editing (Roderick Jaynes)

The Trailer

The Review

This move I felt was done half-effort.

It has an interesting story told in black humor, but the scenes was just too draggy.

There’s no need to rehash the scenes all over again with long winded takes. I get the point.

I guess it all boils down to bad directing.

Furthermore the ending was disappointing too.

The Good

• Nice looking production set
• One of the better black comedies out there

The Bad

• Depressing movie
• Slow boring draggy second half

Editor’s Ratings