Movie: A Serious Man

First off it's a Coen brother movie. The sheer artistry of these guy's work has just been staggerin. The worlds these two brother are familiar yet remarkably unique, richness and pecular nature of their character make them so personally special to the audience that the view is faced with a sense of intrigue and unquenchable interest in them.

But then there have been occasions where the Coens have delivered films with a kind of half-felt toss out. Movies like Burn After Reading, they seem to lack a substance. They have feeling about them that they are kind of side projects for the Coen brothers done on a whim without the zest and zeal that goes into their more acclaimed work. They are still certainally worth are consideration, but it as though they were intended to never reach any level of prestige or receive overwhelming applause but to just fill time until their next No Country for Old Men or Big Lebowski.

I am concerned this is the case with the brother's new film A Serious Man. It is the story of the stereotypical passive, proper, Jewish, urban male as his life begins to turn against him and he is faced with his inability to act proactively or stand up for himself in the slightest fashion. The inability of the hero to achieve or overcome and his preferrance to resigning to his challenges leaves the audience frustrated and ultimately disconnected.