A Serious Man (2009)
Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen · 106 min · Comedy, Drama
66.7 TOPICAL score · #919 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. He scrambles to find a semblance of meaning as he loses control of nearly every aspect of his life.
A Serious Man (2009, directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen) has a TOPICAL score of 66.7 - ranked 919 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on legacy & cult status and awards, and lowest on cast. It won 1 award from 3 nominations, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Critics: 89% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 88. Audiences: TMDB 6.7/10 (2,477 ratings) · IMDb 7/10. Wikipedia covers it in 41 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics89% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 88
- AudienceTMDB 6.7/10 (2,477 ratings) · IMDb 7/10
- Awards1 win, 3 nominations - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 41 languages
- Still read67,535 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg (actor #511), Richard Kind (actor #883), Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick
“Since its release, it has been widely considered one of the Coen brothers' best films and one of the greatest films of the 21st century.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10