But seriously...

The Coen brothers have been making films for 25 years now - in fact 'Blood Simple' was released on January, 1985. In the years that have followed they have continued to make movies that encompass a variety of genres, indeed, a variety of film-making styles, but their primary purpose has always been to entertain and, hopefully, to provide incisive, often highly satirical comment, on what passes for American culture today. One of the great things about art is that it divides opinion. Subjectivity; the passion that people can have for and against a particular film, piece of music, a book or a theatrical presentation is a wonderful thing - it allows new work to be considered at all and previous or prior work to be reappraised and assigned its accordance. The brothers most recent film ' A serious man,' continues to provoke conflicting responses. And it is the fact that it generates these polar opposites of opinion - some love the film unashamedly, some accuse it, and a proportion of their most recent work, of all sorts of misdemeanours - that's most important. The film is on restricted release throughout the UK now - watch it, enjoy it or loathe it, and draw your own conclusions.