"A Serious Man"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Our 2009 retrospective is continuing with one of the best films of the year, one which greatly benefitted from the Academy expanding the Best Picture field to ten nominees: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's "A Serious Man," starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Aaron Wolff, Amy Landecker, Simon Helberg & Adam Arkin. Mixing the personal with the existential and philosophical, the seriously funny Jewish film about one man going through a series of trials and tribulations, all while searching for the meaning behind it all, is regarded as one of the Coen Bros. best films. What do we think of it? Join Lauren LaMagna, Dan Bayer, Tom O'Brien, guest Charlie Bright, and me as we discuss our thoughts on the writing, its themes, characters, performances, best gags, craftsmanship, its awards season run, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. We appreciate your support and hope you enjoy our review! Thank you! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of a serious man.
0:05.8	Please, I need help.
0:12.6	I've had marital problems.
0:14.8	Honey, I think it's time that we start talking about a divorce.
0:18.8	Larry, we're gonna be fine.
0:21.6	Professional, you name it.
0:24.6	Larry, we've received a number of letters
0:26.6	denigrating you and urging us not to grant you tenure.
0:29.6	I need help.
0:31.6	We're gonna be fine.
0:32.6	I've tried to be a serious man.
0:35.6	We're gonna be fine. Tried to do right, be a member of the community. They're gonna be fine. Please, just tell him I need help. Please. They're gonna be fine. I need help. They're gonna be fine. They're gonna be fine. The The rabbi is busy.
1:09.0	He didn't look busy.
1:12.7	He's thinking.
1:14.5	All right, everyone, you were just listening to the trailer for a serious man, and the story is as follows.
1:20.8	Larry Gopnik is a physics professor at a 1960s university, but his life is coming apart at the seams.
1:29.1	His wife is leaving him, his jobless brother has moved in,
1:33.4	and someone is trying to sabotage his chances for tenure.
1:38.3	Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis,
1:41.9	but whether anyone can help him overcome his many afflictions
1:46.2	remains to be seen. The film is starring. Michael Stoolbarg, Richard Kine, Fred Melamed, and
1:55.6	Sarah Lennox. It is written and directed by Joel and Ethan Cohen, otherwise known as the Cohen brothers, and here to join me today for this 2009 throwback retrospective podcast review.
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