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(1 - 29) of 29 OFCS Rating: 86% Fresh Page   1   "A Serious Man somehow manages to be simultaneously incredibly intimate and autobiographical and yet so unrealistic as to verge on science fiction."   Examiner.com   Adam Lippe 4.5/5 "A Serious Man might just be [the Coen's] most accomplished, yet least accessible, work to date."   Cut Print Review   Anders Wotzke B+ "A classic black comic strangling by the Coens, who leave no domestic discomfort behind. In fact, all this film contains is unease, making it a perfect itchy sweater film for those who enjoy their cinema on the suffocating side."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf C- "It's not so much that "A Serious Man" isn't accessible--it is that. But the film never sets down parameters."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey A- "The brothers Coen deliver a taut, vastly entertaining dissertation on the imbalance of life."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 2/4 "...a typically inscrutable effort from the Coens..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2/4 "A faint promising shadow of the potential masterwork it should have been."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman A "It's all about the uncertainty of life, yet the film itself is very certain, carefully crafted, impeccably written and acted."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "Are the Coens jokers who tread on despair, or tragedians with a penchant for death's-head humor?"   Slant Magazine   Fernando F. Croce A "Piercingly funny, wrenchingly sad and always brilliant...a small but genuine masterwork from a team that's already given us plenty of them."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 5/5 "A thought-provoking spiritual original by the Coen Brothers that salutes the mystery of God, the futility of seeking answers, and the need to live as best we can in a sea of roiling troubles and uncertainties."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3.5/4 "Represents another change in course for the brothers, and it will reside in the upper echelon of their titles, although a little below the top."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4.5/5 "Funny but, yes, also thought-provoking and moving, 'A Serious Man' may be among the Coens' finest works and stands as one of the funniest, freshest and smartest movies of 2009."   MSN Movies   James Rocchi "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3/4 "A Serious Man sheds light on a series of uniquely Jewish challenges, from agunot and uniformly bad noses, to anti-Semitism and the eternal struggle to define "What Hashem wants from us?""   Bangitout.com   Jordan Hiller 3/5 " Perhaps the emperor is actually wearing clothes and I just can't see them... I came out of the movie theatre feeling disgruntled and a little cheated. See it for Stuhlberg and Lennick, and for Roger Deakin's unfailing cinematic eye."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery A "The Coens are going for the whole enchilada here - man's search for meaning, the existence of God, pattern and randomness in the Universe, and the essential solitude of the human condition."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "Joel and Ethan Coen show how good they are at collecting their esoteric ideas and putting them on display in a meaningful way."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "[I]ronic but sincere. We could even call it postsnark... [T]his could be, attitudinally, the first movie of the second decade of the 21st century..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/5 "As in Barton Fink, all these roles are stylized, artificial; like dream images, they represent fears and desires more than people."   Film Threat   Matthew Sorrento B+ "Once again, meticulous and imaginative production design and a level of opacity far beyond most mainstream releases is often confused with profundity."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow B+ "Isn't drawn in one-to-one cause-effect lines, its obliqueness lending suspense and interpretative depth to the Job-like suffering of Larry."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 5/5 "A brilliant and bracingly original work that is funny and thought provoking in equal measure"   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 5/5 "It's impeccable filmmaking, with the Coens' expert writing, directing and editing enhanced by Roger Deakins' vibrant cinematography."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 4.5/5 "A Serious Man isn't an easy film to enjoy, but that's kind of the point."   Filmcritic.com   Rob Vaux B+ "...disasters are tightly and relentlessly weaved together by the Coens and the result is a very funny, satiric look into that particular Jewish community [spawned] from the brothers' creative minds."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "... as funny, heartbreaking, questioning, trying, exasperating and sincerely inquisitive a portrait of the human condition as you'll find on screen."   Seanax.com   Sean Axmaker 5/10 "Bleak and tedious, it's an ambivalent memoir about Biblical adversity, filled with edgy, alienating angst."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 10/10 "A masterpiece; maybe even their best since Fargo. It is certainly the most deeply felt."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 29) of 29 OFCS Rating: 86% Fresh Page   1