A Serious Man

Year: 2009

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: Coen

Review

not really sure what the coens were doing here. the film begins in poland with a husband who returns from the cold to his wife who has been waiting hours for him. he explains that his carriage broke, but that someone helped him. she freaks out because the guy who helped her is supposed to be dead. the guy who helped comes to the door and they let him in. the wife stabs the guy thinking he won’t be hurt, but then he bleeds and presumably dies after he leaves the house. the rest of the film takes place in 60s (you can tell by the music) suburbia, though it looks more like the 50s. it’s just a strange film. there’s some good dysfunctional family based humor, but most of the rest just left me scratching my head. commentary on marriage? wives? justice and karma? no clue.

Watched in theater