Coen Brothers' A Serious Man needs to be rediscovered

A deep, poignant, very personal, doubtful but also affectionate reflection on life, family, religion, faith, fate, tradition. Cast is excellent, with a massive Michael Stuhlbarg obviously stealing the show as a meek, middle class Jewish family man whose life seems just like a succession of unlucky episodes. Movie's got it all: a seemingly out of place prologue set in Poland (?) circa a hundred years ago basically introduces the viewer to the Jewish faith, then you have humour, incredibly sad scenes, happy ones, comedy, dream sequences; pace is ablaze, script is stellar. Basically a Coen movie at the top of their form. Ultra recommended if you need something different

Submitted November 19, 2019 at 07:13AM by anasui1 https://ift.tt/2NYsHgX