A SERIOUS MAN

Movie: A Serious Man
Jan's Rating: 6
Time: 1 hour 45 Minutes

Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I went to see this movie today and it is a dark comedy so we had a few laughs but we both agreed that you have to be either Jewish or have lived around Jewish people to understand a lot of the movie. For starters, it is directed by the Cohen Brothers so that tells you right there it's going to be a little different. It is set in 1967 but as the movie starts, it looks more like 1900 and this woman stabs this man in the chest with an ice pick in a log cabin. We thought we were in the wrong movie at first so I went outside to check to make sure we didn't go in the wrong movie. Then it switched to 1967 and the movie we were expecting and I have to tell you, we never did figure out what the first part of the movie had to do with the rest of the movie. Very strange. It stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Jewish man married to a bitchy wife and they have 2 teenage children. His brother (Richard Kind) lives with them and has a lot of problems of his own. Adam Arkin plays Michael's attorney, and believe me, poor Michael needs a good attorney. The ending leaves you hanging, which I don't like. The Enquirer gave it an A- rating and I understand why, but it just isn't my type of movie. You will have to see it and judge for yourself.........or not.