A Serious Man

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A Serious Man
A man standing on the roof of a house, looking off to his left. His hands are on his hips. Behind him is a TV aerial.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoel Coen
Ethan Coen
Written by
  • Joel Coen
  • Ethan Coen
Produced by
  • Joel Coen
  • Ethan Coen
Starring
CinematographyRoger Deakins
Edited byRoderick Jaynes[a]
Music byCarter Burwell
Production
companies
Distributed byFocus Features (International)
Universal Pictures (United Kingdom, Australia, Benelux and Spain)[1]
StudioCanal (France)[1]
Release date
  • October 2, 2009 (2009-10-02)
Running time
106 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • France
LanguagesEnglish
Yiddish
Budget$7 million[2]
Box office$31.4 million[1]

A Serious Man is a 2009 black comedy-drama film[3] written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Set in 1967,[4] the film stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesotan Jewish man whose life crumbles both professionally and personally, leading him to questions about his faith.

A Serious Man received widespread positive critical response, including a place on both the American Film Institute's and National Board of Review of Motion Pictures's Top 10 Film Lists of 2009. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Stuhlbarg was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. 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.[5][6][7][8]


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  1. ^ a b c "A Serious Man". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  2. ^ "A Serious Man (2009) Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  3. ^ Booker, M. Keith (2011). Historical Dictionary of American Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 75. ISBN 9780810874596.
  4. ^ "A Serious Man Production Notes". Focus Features. August 14, 2009. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  5. ^ "Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 50 Best Films of the 21st Century (So Far)". The Hollywood Reporter. April 6, 2023.
  6. ^ "Movies That Made Us: A Serious Man". November 29, 2018.
  7. ^ Bradshaw, Peter; Clarke, Cath; Pulver, Andrew; Shoard, Catherine (September 13, 2019). "The 100 best films of the 21st century". The Guardian.
  8. ^ "The Best American Independent Films of the 21st Century". www.indiewire.com. January 3, 2024. Retrieved February 11, 2024.