A Serious Man (2009) movie poster

A Serious Man (2009)

"Accept mystery."
ThumbScore
👍 66%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 88%
ComedyDrama

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Runtime
1h 46m
Country
United States of America, United Kingdom, France
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.7/10 (2,308 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
88

Cast

Michael Stuhlbarg as Larry Gopnik · 69% avg
Richard Kind as Uncle Arthur · 67% avg
Fred Melamed as Sy Ableman · 68% avg
Sari Lennick as Judith Gopnik
Aaron Wolff as Danny Gopnik
Jessica McManus as Sarah Gopnik
Peter Breitmayer as Mr. Brandt
Brent Braunschweig as Mitch Brandt

Is A Serious Man good?

It's divisive. Only 66% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics rated it higher at 88%, but audiences were less impressed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#2073 / 2672 · Comedy
Rank in its year
#168 / 230 · 2009
Rank among its director's films
#17 / 19 · Joel Coen

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

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