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"A Serious Man" features a character that questions his belief in God, but the question is never answered because none of the multiple storylines in “A Serious Man” have a resolve. From the opening scene to the act-of-God conclusion, everything is left hanging in a way that evades didactic finality.
A Serious Man is criminally underrated. It's a perfect film in my opinion- encapsulating not only the late 60s/early 70s perfectly, but the Jewish culture, The Book of Job, and has a type of subtle humor and quality that isn't seen that much today.
“A Serious Man” features a character that questions his belief in God, but the question is never answered because none of the multiple storylines in “A Serious Man” have a resolve. From the opening scene to the act-of-God conclusion, everything is left hanging in a way that evades didactic finality.
Sep 11, 2023 · The Wife immediately accuses him of being a dybbuk, but the Husband, “a rational man,” dissuades the man from listening to her. The Wife stabs the man, and he quickly leaves. We never learn who was right, but we’ll come back to this story at the end.
Sep 25, 2010 · Toward the end, things begin to right themselves. He and his wife seem to be getting along better at the son’s bar mitzvah and he is about to secure tenure at the college. And so it appears he’s passed these tests of faith laid before him.
Sep 11, 2022 · Although we would all like Joel and Ethan to explain A Serious Man, as with most of their projects, their explanations are scarce. Joel tells Cinema Blend that the idea sprouted from a rabbi...
Oct 7, 2009 · Someone up there doesn’t like Larry Gopnik. Beginning with a darkly comic prologue in Yiddish, “A Serious Man” inhabits a Jewish community where the rational (physics) is rendered irrelevant by the mystical (fate). Gopnik can fill all the blackboards he wants, and it won’t do him any good.
