A Serious Man

2009

106 min

Comedy Drama

Plot Summary

Bloomington, Minnesota, 1967: Jewish physics lecturer Larry Gopnik is a serious and a very put-upon man. His daughter is stealing from him to save up for a nose job, his pot-head son, who gets stoned at his own bar-mitzvah, only wants him round to fix the TV aerial and his useless brother Arthur is an unwelcome house guest. But both Arthur and Larry get turfed out into a motel when Larry's wife Judy, who wants a divorce, moves her lover, Sy, into the house and even after Sy's death in a car crash they are still there. With lawyers' bills mounting for his divorce, Arthur's criminal court appearances and a land feud with a neighbour Larry is tempted to take the bribe offered by a student to give him an illegal exam pass mark. And the rabbis he visits for advice only dole out platitudes. Still God moves in mysterious - and not always pleasant - ways, as Larry and his family will find out.

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Cast & Crew

Cast

Michael Stuhlbarg

as Larry Gopnik

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Richard Kind

as Uncle Arthur

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Fred Melamed

as Sy Ableman

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Sari Lennick

as Judith Gopnik

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Aaron Wolff

as Danny Gopnik

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Jessica McManus

as Sarah Gopnik

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Peter Breitmayer

as Mr. Brandt

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Brent Braunschweig

as Mitch Brandt

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David Kang

as Clive Park

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Benjamin Portnoe

as Danny's Reefer Buddy

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Directors

Ethan Coen

Director

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Joel Coen

Director

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Writers

Joel Coen

Writer

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Ethan Coen

Writer

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Ratings & Reviews

7.0

IMDb Rating

89%

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Technical Details

106 min

Runtime

06 Nov 2009

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2009

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Comedy Drama

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