A Serious Man is a seriously bad film. I really thought I was going to enjoy this movie. It's been garnering massive buzz from critics and involves a heavy dose of Jewish humor which I always love. Instead, it was a hodgepodge of misguided efforts to create dark humor and confuse the audience. Well, they succeeded in the latter. When you look at the Coen Brothers, they really are sliding down a bad hill. No Country For Old Men was a boring mess. Burn After Reading was hilarious at times, but as a story it was a total joke. Now, A Serious Man misses every single mark it strived for. Unless they were just on a litany of drugs while reading the Torah or something.

The film frustrated me so much that I just would rather keep this short and to the point. The cinematography was pleasant at times, but never enough of a success to distract me from the story. What a tremendously boring movie. I nearly fell asleep a few times and that is extremely difficult to make me do in a theater. I actually wanted to leave on a number of occasions. No lie. But I kept telling myself the last act would explain everything and make it an awesome experience. Boy was I wrong. The entire first scene didn't even make sense, had nothing to do with the film, and didn't even make any sense. Did I say that yet? The ending was weird, just like No Country. The film had its moments that made me laugh, sure, but event he worst comedians int he world can draw a laugh or two.

Just bad. Overall, just really, really bad. I do not recommend this movie to anybody.

Grade: D-