has many turns,alot of valley's and mountains and where you end up is a mystery. That's what this movie's about,a fable of how when things can go wrong they will and just when you think it can't get any worse it does. Even at the end of the movie when you think things are about to turn around for the main character the Cohen brothers remind you of the uncertainty of life. A very funny dark comedy filled with irony, pathos and compassion. "if you can keep your head while others around you lose theirs" sums up this movie,you gotta have faith...or do you?

If you're jewish and over 30, this will bring you back to memories of your parents' or grand-parents' home. The atmosphere is pitch-perfect for that era. Not sure someone who isn't jewish and didn't spend a lot of time around a jewish family is going to appreciate much of the movie. The amount of detail going in to re-creating a jewish home of that era is truly unbelievable. As far as the story goes, it is an interesting exploration of clarity vs. ambiguity, right vs. wrong, fate vs. randomness. The little vignette in the beginning, which seems not to make sense, is probably just an extension of these themes, plus a reference to the jewish (and Italian) traditions that women have incredible intuition and they viewpoints are to be highly regarded. This goes all the way back to biblical stories.

I do not laugh often. I was explaining this to my companion the night before we went to see A Serious Man. She was, fairly, a bit taken aback to see me roar through this movie. It is hilarious - particularly to those of us who do not find things to be that funny these days. I It is the Book of Job portrayed on screen and if you have an appreciation for schadenfreude, you will love this movie.

This is one of the funniest depressing films you will ever see. Every part is brilliantly cast and the suburban 60s the perfect setting to simultaneously fascinate and repulse. My "feel good movie" date hated it but I loved it. More will like it than not but be forewarned that it is a bit polarizing.

A very intense movie, Very well done, You feel as you're back in 1967. I saw this movie twice at 2 different theaters. The 1st time I saw this movie It seemed like a Pulp Fiction due to fact that aside from the first 3 scenes of the film.. the rest of the scenes were out of order and like Pulp Fiction you were forced to piece it together. I wanted to see it again to make sure I had the story right and I went to a different theater to see it and at this theater the movie scenes were in proper order. This version of the movie was much easier to follow but the "out of sequence" version was much more intense of a movie. The main character is already manic and it makes for a way deeper story. The Waterbury CT theater is the one that shows the different (much better) version.