A Serious Man

A Serious Man2009

Stars: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: R
Runtime: 106 minutes

A Serious Man is a 2009 black comedy-drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Set in 1967, the film stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesota Jewish man whose life crumbles both professionally and personally, leading hi… more »



Larry Gopnik:
We had, I think, a good talk, the other day, but you left something that...

Clive Park:
I didn't leave it.

Larry Gopnik:
Well - you don't even know what I was going to say.

Clive Park:
I didn't leave anything. I'm not missing anything. I know where everything is.

Larry Gopnik:
Well... then, Clive, where did this come from? This is here, isn't it?

Clive Park:
Yes, sir. That is there.

Larry Gopnik:
This is not nothing, this is something.

Clive Park:
Yes sir. That is something. [a beat] What is it?

Larry Gopnik:
You know what it is! You know what it is! I believe. And you know I can't keep it, Clive.

Clive Park:
Of course, sir.

Larry Gopnik:
I'll have to pass it on to Professor Finkle, along with my suspicions about where it came from. Actions have consequences.

Clive Park:
Yes. Often.

Larry Gopnik:
Always! Actions always have consequences! In this office, actions have consequences!

Clive Park:
Yes sir.

Larry Gopnik:
Not just physics. Morally.

Clive Park:
Yes.

Larry Gopnik:
And we both know about your actions.

Clive Park:
No sir. I know about my actions.

Larry Gopnik:
I can interpret, Clive. I know what you meant me to understand.

Clive Park:
Meer sir my sir.

Larry Gopnik:
Meer sir my sir?

Clive Park:
[Careful enunciation] Mere... surmise. Sir. Very uncertain.

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