The new film by Joel and Ethan Coen
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus, Peter Breitmayer |
Director |
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
Screenplay | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
Music | Carter Burwell |
Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
Editing | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2009 |
Produced by | Mike Zoss Productions, Relativity Media, Studio Canal, Working Title Films |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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Genre | Drama |
Language | Strong, fairly frequent, aggressive, abusive |
Nudity | Brief nudity, non-sexual, breasts in long shot, mild impact |
Sex | Simulated sex with suggestive sounds, references to sodomy and solicitation |
Violence | Moderate, brief (some blood), physical violence and psychological violence, sustained. |
Prejudice | Implied racial prejudice, that plays out in a dream, anti-Sematic, anti-Asian |
Blasphemy | Mild profanities |
Drug abuse | Illegal drug abuse, no anti-drug message, promoted as a recreational drug with sex |
Comments | None |
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Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer Coen brothers get seriously funny | 15 | |
Die Burger Laetitia Pople Troos gevind in lewe se grys areas | 15 | |
Cape Times Kenneth Turan Dark, funny, pitch-perfect | 20 | |
Box Office Barbara Goslawski A classic parable for modern times | 13 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert After the seriously great No Country for Old Men, the Coen brothers have made the not greatly serious A Serious Man, which bears every mark of a labor of love. | 20 | |
eye Weekly Adam Nayman | 20 | |
ScreenIt C. Fuchs Amusing and entertaining enough. | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 182 critics | 16 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Blending dark humor with profoundly personal themes, the Coen brothers deliver what might be their most mature -- if not their best -- film to date. | 18 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 26868 Netizens One of their best | 15 | |
Average .. 82% | 16 |