DVD review: A Serious Man

Michael Stuhlbarg is the put-upon lead in a disquieting, slow-burn black comedy that takes the Coen ­brothers back to their midwest ­upbringing in a largely Jewish community. The plot mostly consists of ritual ­humiliations landing in the lap of the Job-like ­Stuhlbarg, an ­honourable man ­surrounded by problems in a caricatured suburban life. After the ­marvellous No Country for Old Men and the starry Burn After Reading, it feels like the brothers are taking a detour back to the oddball and personal, but despite some good performances from a resolutely ­star-free cast, it's never a rival to Fargo for ­bringing it all back home.