A Serious Man
Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed. Rated R.
The movie: Life couldn’t be worse for Larry Gopnik (Stuhlbarg), an embattled physics professor in an unnamed Midwestern city circa 1967: His wife (Sari Lennick) is leaving him for another man (Melamed), his crazy brother (Kind) refuses to leave the bathroom, the kids disrespect him and his bosses aren’t sure if he should be granted tenure. This tale of malaise is one of the Coen Bros.’ (“No Country For Old Men”) best, largely because of the way a sense of foreboding doom pervades ordinary life. Special kudos to Broadway veteran Stuhlbarg as the ultimate beta male who can’t win. Buy It.

Couples Retreat
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman. Rated PG-13.
The movie: Four couples take their troubled relationships to a gorgeous paradise island in this funny but predictable comedy. It takes a bit too long to get to the island and the jokes are one sketch after another, but the reality of the couples’ hardships and consistent laughs allow the movie to work. Rent It.

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