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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast Michael Stuhlbarg Richard Kind Aaron Wolff Fred Melamed

Directors Ethan Coen Joel Coen

Screenwriters Joel Coen Ethan Coen

Running Time 105 minutes

A Serious Man (15)

Plot
The suburban Midwest, 1967. Larry Gopnik’s (Stuhlbarg) wife wants a divorce. Larry Gopnik’s son owes the school bully $20 for a bag of marijuana. Larry Gopnik’s brother, Albert (Kind), is sleeping on the sofa. And Larry Gopnik? He just wants to know how it all went wrong, and what he can do about it...

Verdict
Admirably low-key, deeply compelling and their warmest movie since Fargo.


Reviewer: Dan Jolin

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