A Serious Man gives audiences some of the Coen brothers most complicated character sketches yet. These are each brought into vivid life by Stuhlbarg, Kind, Lennik, and Melamed, but equal praise should be given to the supporting cast. Aaron Wolf and Jessica McManus, who play Larry’s children Danny and Sarah Gopnik, round out the cast of characters, and Amy Landecker’s role of neighbor Vivienne Samsky balances out the frantic intensity with a character that is as calming as she is sexually alluring.
The film has been subjected to much interpretation since its 2009 release. The prevailing theory has A Serious Man related as a modern interpretation of the story of Job from the Old Testament. However, the film’s opening moments that take place in the 19th century help mold another interpretation.
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