A Serious Man

About A Serious Man

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. He scrambles to find a semblance of meaning as he loses control of nearly every aspect of his life.

A Serious Man (2009) is a comedy film directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. Michael Stuhlbarg appears as Larry Gopnik, Richard Kind as Uncle Arthur, Fred Melamed as Sy Ableman, and Sari Lennick as Judith Gopnik.

At 106 minutes long, it arrived in October 2009. Written by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. It was produced by Mike Zoss Productions.

Shelv files it under dreams, marijuana, professor, and midlife crisis. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads. It scores 6.7 out of 10 from 2,469 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

American Beauty, The Gentlemen, and Dream Scenario make useful companions to A Serious Man, all filed under dark comedy.