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A Serious Man
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1914
- IMDb #2178
- Google retired #3234
- Rotten Tomatoes #1767
- Metacritic #484
- Letterboxd #952
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1109
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2733
- Metacritic Critics #249
- Metacritic Audience #1532
- Criticker #784
- Douban #1262
- Kinopoisk #2858
- AlloCiné #3581
- Trakt #2988
Every rating
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 89. Critics average 88, everyone else 69.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A Midwestern physics professor in the 1960s watches his seemingly stable life begin to unravel. His wife wants a divorce, his unemployed brother is a nuisance, and a student is bribing him for a passing grade. He seeks guidance from three different rabbis, hoping to find answers and make sense of the constant turmoil and absurdity descending upon him.
Details
- Directors
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Writers
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Released
- 2 October 2009
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom, France
- Language
- English, Yiddish, Hebrew
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $7.0M
- Box office
- $31.4M
- Awards
- 1 win, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 82nd Academy Awards 2010 | Best Picture | Joel Coen | Nominee |
| 82nd Academy Awards 2010 | Best Picture | Ethan Coen | Nominee |
| 82nd Academy Awards 2009 | Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Joel Coen | Nominee |
| 82nd Academy Awards 2009 | Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Ethan Coen | Nominee |
| National Board of Review: Top Ten Films 2009 | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films | Winner |
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5 awards — A Serious Man
×| Best Picture | Joel Coen | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Ethan Coen | Nominee |
| Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Joel Coen | Nominee |
| Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Ethan Coen | Nominee |
| National Board of Review: Top Ten Films | Winner |