Bridge of Spies: A solid movie with a few writing lapses

When you join Spielberg's direction with the touch of the Coen brothers on the script, great things are expected. Yet, although Bridge of Spies is a solid movie, it is a bit heavy on dramatic exaggerations, and is far from either's best work.

It doesn't matter what others think. You know what you did.

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Despite having originally been written by Matt Charman, the Coen brothers' influence on the script is noticeable, especially through its sporadic witty humor. Such, that gives the movie a more laid back feeling, breaking from the tensions of the cold war, and adding to its enjoyment. [...]

A Serious Man: Masterful ode to meaninglessness

The Coen brothers have reached a surprising level of clarity in a film that is as subjective, and in many ways, even as incomprehensible, as you can get.

When the truth is found to be lies, and all the hope within you dies... then what?

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A Serious Man tells the story of man in search of answers to all of his misfortune, while it highlights the fruitlessness of the quest for a philosophical answer to... well, anything. It actually challenges the meaning of meaning itself. [...]