Movie Reviews by a Guy Who Can't Stand Movies - "A Serious Man"

If you listen to the show regularly you may know that I DON’T LIKE MOVIES! I know, it’s weird.

But I just can’t sit still for 2 hours. Usually it’s a chore just to get through a film and more often than not I end up taking a nap. On those few occasions when my wife actually drags me to the theatre, the highlight tends to be the bag of popcorn.

And wandering the lobby searching for someone to play air hockey with. Which is what makes this brand new blog experiment all the more unique.

Ladies and gentleman I present to you…

“Movie Reviews by a Guy Who Can’t Stand Movies”.

And what better way to start than by working my way though some of the greatest movies of all time (supposedly).

Yes, EVERY movie I review here has either won the Academy Award for Best Picture (or it was at least nominated, and we all know it’s an honour just to be nominated.)

A SERIOUS MAN (2009)
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I don’t pretend to be a big Woody Allen fan but this felt like a WA movie to me. Why? Because it was weird.

In truth, it was written by the Coen brothers. The premise… a middle aged Jewish man’s life starts to crumble around him. His marriage is a mess, his kids hate him, and he’s in a dead end career. And hilarity ensues! It’s one of those “dark comedies”. I laughed a couple times, but more often than not I was glancing at my watch wondering if we were almost finished.

Bonus points for an appearance by the guy who played Col Sanders in Spaceballs!

Sleep test … I did drift off for a few minutes.

I’ll give it 2.5/ 5 buckets of popcorn.