FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
A Serious Man
Scores
- IMDb7.0/10as of 2026-04-13
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer89%as of 2024-11-08
- Rotten Tomatoes average7.9/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic88/100as of 2025-10-17
What it is
A Serious Man is a 2009 black comedy-drama film written, produced, edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Set in 1967, the film stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesotan Jewish man whose life crumbles both professionally and personally, leading him to questions about his faith.
At a glance
- Genres
- Comedy / Drama
- Original language
- English
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