A Serious Man | Advice from the Junior Rabbi

Larry (Michael Stuhlbarg) comes to visit his Rabbi, only to find the Rabbi is out of town.
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[@psychobiddy]

Simon Helberg was so good in this small, but memorable role. As most people, I know him best from that awful sitcom The Big Bang Theory where he played a major creep. But he is such a talented actor. When he is lost for words at the end and says "Just look at that parking lot" it was such a brilliant comedic moment. To the junior rabbi's credit, he's the only one out of the three rabbis Larry saw who was actually enthusiastic about talking to him and genuinely tried to help him.

[@josemaria8177]

Truly a great advice. The car park holds every secret

[@NF-we4kp]

How so

[@AimeeColeman]

​@@NF-we4kp it doesn't - that's the joke

[@TheSocratesofAthens]

@@AimeeColeman It's a matter of perspective! Just look at that parking lot!

[@ducttapetech9885]

"...somebody who isn't familiar with these autos, and such." lol, truly a masterpiece of an homage to the inner workings of the Jewish mind.

[@halcyonrain2209]

maybe my favorite film

[@BananaPhoPhilly]

It's up there for me. It puts everything into perspective for me

[@TheSocratesofAthens]

The problem is that Larry kept seeking a framework to try to understand life; this left him blind to many troubles coming his way. The key is to focus on your agency or what you can do in the moment rather than trying to understand everything before undertaking any action.

[@joeking6972]

This film is the best advertisement for Stoicism I've ever seen. In the alternative happy ending he just reads Meditations and moves on with his life lol.

[@SinKimishima]

""a what?" simple, yet so effective

[@curiousnomad]

“he’s quite busy.”

[@Tripp393]

The wife divorcing really is the biggest problem.

[@jakeryan9469]

Howard is being less than helpful

[@user-lt5zf4xh7d]

It's true in any religion. The clergy will only give you platitudes with zero nuance

[@danielorestes9603]

That's not true. There are great and insightful Rabbis and there are a lot of others.

[@MarcoEmeryLinden]

I think the joke here is that he's the junior rabbi so he doesn't have any wisdom or good advice to give.