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Summary A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more ...

A Serious Man
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 38 Critic Reviews
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88
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 208 User Ratings
7.3
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Summary A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more ...

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 38 Critic Reviews
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84% Positive
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6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 38 Critic Reviews
88
84% Positive
32 Reviews
16% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 208 User Ratings
7.3
70% Positive
146 Ratings
19% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 208 User Ratings
7.3
70% Positive
146 Ratings
19% Mixed
40 Ratings
11% Negative
22 Ratings

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Production Company Focus Features, StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Mike Zoss Productions, Working Title Films
Release Date Oct 2, 2009
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating R
Academy Awards, USA
2 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
1 Nomination
International Cinephile Society Awards
• 3 Wins & 9 Nominations