A Serious Man may be the most complex movie of the Coen brothers' career, and that's saying a lot, but an ending like the one in this film can be picked apart for decades. The Coen brothers have a ...

Have I mentioned “A Serious Man” is so rich and funny? This isn’t a laugh-laugh movie, but a wince-wince movie. Those can be funny, too. The Coens have found mostly unfamiliar actors ...

"A Serious Man" Movie Review -- The Coen brothers make two kinds of movies. In the first kind, a number of silly and self-involved people decide they know exactly how the world works, and start ...

It’s fascinating that the Coens, who’ve been working their way through movie tropes since 1984, have used Cormac McCarthy as a springboard to their own childhood. A Serious Man is an artistic ...

The always surprising Coen brothers have finally made a very serious movie. It's about God, man's place in the world and the meaning of life, so naturally it's one of their funnier movies.

Indeed, the movie itself is similarly difficult to pin ... disorienting Burn After Reading. But in A Serious Man the humor is broader and more familiar: the Jewish self-deprecation, the suburbs ...

A Serious Man is an absorbing ... a thoroughly remarkable movie. It's a movie with the courage of its convictions too, prepared to stand or fall on its story alone without a big star in sight ...

N.Y. -- If you’re looking for the Jewish movie to end all Jewish movies, call off the search. "A Serious Man," in which the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, examine what it was like to grow up ...

Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) is, by all accounts, a decent and serious man. He maintains a good job; he cares for his family; he is a humble and observant Jew. As soon as the movie opens ...

It’s a movie that rewards repeat viewings: Go in with an open mind the first time and a more focused mind the second and reap the rewards. ★★★ TITLE: “A Serious Man” RATING ...