# A Serious Man. I don't get it.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-man-i-dont-get-it/548724
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 31, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-man-i-dont-get-it/548724 "2010-07-31T21:01:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-man-i-dont-get-it/548724/1 "2010-07-31T21:01:13Z")
What is the point? There isn’t much of a plot, there’s some weird unrelated bit at the beginning, and a tornado at the end. Is there some symbolism here I’m not getting? I don’t understand how the brothers that brought us Raising Arizona and O’ Brother could bring us this meaningless film. Did I miss the middle of the film somehow?
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### Author:  [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-man-i-dont-get-it/548724/2 "2010-07-31T21:06:23Z")
I felt the same, it’s not just you. I watched it a few weeks ago, and I don’t think I can remember anything about it.
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### Author:  [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-man-i-dont-get-it/548724/3 "2010-07-31T21:23:09Z")
There was a thread along these lines a while back. Not sure if I started it or just posted in it. I’m with you, but many others felt it was hilarious, and a masterpiece.
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-man-i-dont-get-it/548724/4 "2010-07-31T21:36:17Z")
It’s a riff on the book of Job. At the end of the book of Job, God comes to see Job “in a whirlwind.” The whole movie is the Coen brothers’ riffing on Job.