Articles related to "Gopnik"As one of the Coen Brothers' most bizarre and intellectual films, A Serious Man is one heck of a cosmic joke taken at the expense of its main character.
Are we being Coened? For their last three films the brothers have made two comedies and one action/gangster/psycho movie. Guess which was the easiest to watch.
A Serious Man is an existential Hitchcock movie crossed with Jewish spirituality, a dab of mysticism and an idea that, for the Coens, morality and mortality are entwined.
The Coen Brothers' new film does not have the star-studded cast of Burn After Reading, but it is a daringly funny existentialist piece that carries far more meaning.
After the goofy Burn After Reading, the Coens return to (slightly) more serious ground with terrific results.
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