Saturday, October 24, 2009
A SERIOUS MAN
Drama
PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
Michael Stuhlbarg: college mathematics professor Larry Gopnik
Sari Lennick: his wife Judith
Aaron Wolff: their son Danny
Jessica McManus: their daughter Sarah
Richard Kind: Larry's unemployable brother, Uncle Arthur
Fred Melamed: Larry’s best friend Sy Ableman
REVIEW
I never did figure out what the first ten minutes was all about: a Jewish folklore tale maybe?
Promoted as a comedy, once the real movie gets going I sat there waiting for something funny to happen. It never did. Not once did I find anything even remotely amusing: Larry is faced with all kinds of problems, none of which are something to laugh at. And I was not the only one unable to find humour in the situation. Are we all that thick? Can’t appreciate the funny side of life when we see it?
I don’t know the answer to those questions. All I know is that I was not going to waste anymore of my time so like another couple before me I left.
CLASSIFICATION
for language, some sexuality and nudity and brief violence.
FOR NITPICKERS ONLY
The second rabbi Larry speaks with stirs his cup of tea then puts the spoon down on his desk and doesn’t touch it afterwards. When viewed from Larry’s perspective the spoon sits lengthwise across the desk but viewed from the rabbi’s perspective it is in the opposite direction.
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