Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.

Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Aaron Wolf
Focus Features; Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Rated R; 105 minutes; 2009

This dark comedy centers on Larry Gopnik, a Jewish college professor in the Midwest during the 1960s. He watches his life unravel as his wife prepares to leave him for his pompous colleague, his deadbeat brother won't get off the couch, his son is having problems at school and his daughter is stealing money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job.