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A Balasaur Score of 77 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, Metacritic 88/100. Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 2,268 2000s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
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 pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Metacritic88/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
2,453 audience votes
Key crew
- Joel CoenDirector
- Joel CoenWriter
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Ethan CoenDirector
- Ethan CoenWriter
Cast
- Michael StuhlbargLarry Gopnik
- Richard KindUncle Arthur
- Fred MelamedSy Ableman
- Sari LennickJudith Gopnik
- Aaron WolffDanny Gopnik
- Jessica McManusSarah Gopnik
- Peter BreitmayerMr. Brandt
- Brent BraunschweigMitch Brandt
- David KangClive Park
- Benjamin PortnoeDanny's Reefer Buddy
- Jack SwilerBoy on Bus
- Andrew S. LentzCursing Boy on Bus
Stills
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Themes
dreamsmidlife crisisprofessorminnesotadark comedyrabbibar mitzvahmarijuanamoralityjewish americanbriberyschool bus
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