A serious man

So i watched the Coen brothers "A serious man", well was it a good movie well.... before I say, lets look at some past achievements by these brothers. Let's see, Blood simple (gripping), Raising Arizona (comical and surreal), Barton Fink (surreal), Miller's crossing (gripping and intense), Fargo (gripping, intense, comical), The Big Lebowski (Dude.. do I need to say more o.k comical and surreal), O'brother Where Art Thou (comical, surreal), and No Country for old Men (gripping and intense). There are others but lets face it these are the gems and there are a lot of them. These guys do very distinct genres extremely well, comedy and intense movies. So there can be a lot of cross over and that surreal aspect is always willing to jump in and join either party, and I found this to be the case with a Serious Man, which is seriously good. I almost shamefully admit I have seen No Country for Old Men too many times to remember, it seems every time I see it pop up on TV I say I am going to watch a couple of minutes and get sucked in. So why do I mention this well I need to make some time to see a Serious Man again. It is the surreal, philosophical aspect that I want to revisit. It is a movie that is very deep, and I found myself questioning the gathering storm of the main character Larry Gopnik's life. What does it all mean? A question I am not sure Larry solved either. On a more personal level, I grew up in a very Jewish family, and I always like those movies that take me back to my younger days and remind me of the culture and religious traditions I was raised in. This is a great movie, but it is a much more cerebral movie than No Country for Old Men, and therefore is just for those of you that I hope find me Raoul Duke the greatest movie critic ever that no one reads.