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Tentei assistir umas 5 vezes e dormi em todas, caso eu consiga terminar algum dia, e mude de opinião venho aqui trocar a nota.

It was a gas. Once again, the common man is knocked from pillar to post by forces unforeseen and unknown. It is sort of like watching a pathetic animal being tortured and probed while more and more children gather around to delight in it's predicament. Never in your life would you think it possible for such cosmic sadism to be so appealing. It continues to baffle me how the Coens somehow manage this theme with such finesse and nihilistic splendor. "SIGH, Just look at the parking lot, Larry! :)"

I don't think I've ever seen a comedy touch on theological problem of evil in a better way. The film absolutely refuses to offer any easy answers and that alone is an accomplishment. But I also think that the film provides a fairly good response to tough theological problems (why do bad things happen; what is God saying to us?, etc.) Impressive film.

A Serious Man rejects the bland Jewishness of Judd Apatow films; it's similar to the black filmmakers' project in Next Day Air, in which social stereotypes get burlesqued, yet are used to reveal an essentially moral exercise.

When the truth is found to be lies and all the joy within you dies, what then?

I liked it until the abrupt ending. Or should I say "lack of ending"?

Enjoyability 8/25 Visuals 5/15 Audio 4/10 Acting 9/10 Story/Plot 19/25 Production Values 4/10 Intuitiveness/Ambitiousness 3/5 Bonus 5/10

chato

Didn't get it. Or it didn't get to me. Not funny.

The Coens' most intellectual comedy, full of existentialism. I loved it.

A characteristically strange atmosphere, coupled with an odd-ball presentation style make this a curious watch. Amongst the chaos of the inept, troubled lives of these people (especially the protagonist, whole life literally unravels around him) we build some kind of loose affection or empathy. It doesn't matter how worse you think life can get, it can and will get worse if you let it.