A Serious Man (2009) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	October 2, 2009 (Limited)
On DVD:	February 9, 2010
Genre:	Drama, Comedy
Director:	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Writer:	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast:	Michael Stuhlbarg, Fred Melamed, Richard Kind, Aaron Wolf, Sari Wagner, Jessica McManus, Adam Arkin
Studio:	Focus Features
Running Time:	105 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence

"A Serious Man" is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues, Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed),...

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Two years ago, their movie won Best Picture. Last year, their follow-up starred Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich. This year, the Coen brothers' latest film - A Serious Man - stars no big-name movies whatsoever. It's also one of their funniest films yet.

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