As my son works on his films of the decade list, I am unable to come up with the ten best of 2009. It probably doesn't help that I haven't seen 10 new movies. At the top of the heap are two: Up!, the Pixar animated feature and A Serious Man, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. A Serious Man is about a man who is tested like Job and throughout the movie keeps getting into \"it\" deeper and deeper. There is some dark humor and stereotyping (the Coens were drawing heavily on their Jewish upbringing in the Mid-West). There are no big names, but the acting is terrific. I highly recommend this flick. Unfortunately it's not in wide release, so you might have to go out of your way to see it.
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