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* MagicalJew: implied to be one (at least much more than the other two, younger rabbis)
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* KavorkaMan: He's an overweight middle aged man, but seems to have no difficulty leaving his own wife and taking up with Larry's attractive wife.
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* KavorkaMan: He's an overweight middle aged man, but seems to have no difficulty leaving his own wife and taking up with Larry's attractive wife.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sy seems calm, polite and seems reasonable[[spoiler: but he was sending regular letters to the school to insist Larry shouldn't be given tenure.]]
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-->'''Played by:''' Fred Melamed
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* MagicalJew: implied to be one (at least much more than the other two, younger rabbis)
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* TheWonka: His apparent flakiness doesn't keep him from running his synagogue effectively. Although maybe he should have made some time for Larry as well.
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* TheWonka: His apparent flakiness doesn't keep him from running his synagogue effectively. Although maybe he should have made some time for Larry as well.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Events of the movie start with her unfaithfulness - emotional, at least - to Larry.
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* ManipulativeBastard: In fact he's gotten just about everyone in the community thinking he's the nicest man in the world.
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* ManipulativeBastard: In fact he's gotten just about His verbal skills and surface friendliness ensure that other characters will do and think exactly what he wants them to.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Despite his evident determination to take whatever he wants from other people - mostly Larry - he has everyonein the community else thinking that he's the nicest man in the world.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Despite his evident determination to take whatever he wants from other people - mostly Larry - he has everyone
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A mathematics professor whose domestic, financial, and professional lives are all unraveling. While the Coens used some elements of their father in creating Larry, he's in the main based on the title character from ''Literature/TheBookOfJob''
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A mathematics professor whose domestic, financial, and professional lives are all unraveling. While the Coens used some elements of their father in creating Larry, he's in the main based on the title character from ''Literature/TheBookOfJob''
''Literature/BookOfJob''
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* UngratefulBastard: He's also living in Larry's house and entirely dependent on his hospitality.
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* UngratefulBastard: He's also living in Larry's house and entirely dependent on his hospitality.hospitality.
!Danny Gopnik
--> '''Played by:''' Aaron Wolff
* AesopCollateralDamage: [[spoiler: The movie cuts off before his fate is revealed, but he is endangered by the tornado after his father fraudulently raises Clive's grade.]]
* TheStoner: He wants to be one, at least. He spends most of the movie looking for pot.
* StrictParentsMakeSneakyKids: Aside from the furtive search for marijuana, it's pretty clear that he's the one who's actually been ordering from Columbia Record Club while his dad gets the collectors on his back.
!Sarah Gopnik:
-->'''Played by:''' Jessica [=McManus=]
* {{Expy}}: Of Jane Burnham from ''Film/AmericanBeauty''. Both are pretty teenagers who want to get plastic surgery they don't need - in this case a nose job instead of a boob job - and have their parents pay for it.
* SirSwearsALot: Gets a lot of F-bombs off, mostly aimed at her brother.
!Rabbi Marshak:
-->'''Played by:''' Alan Mandell
* CoolOldGuy: If you're a teenager in 1967 and your septuagenarian (at the very least) rabbi can dig Music/JeffersonAirplane, ''shul'' just got a lot more interesting.
* SuddenlyVoiced: Only makes brief, silent appearances until his pre-Bar Mitzvah confab with Danny.
* TheWonka: His apparent flakiness doesn't keep him from running his synagogue effectively. Although maybe he should have made some time for Larry as well.
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!Danny Gopnik
--> '''Played by:''' Aaron Wolff
* AesopCollateralDamage: [[spoiler: The movie cuts off before his fate is revealed, but he is endangered by the tornado after his father fraudulently raises Clive's grade.]]
* TheStoner: He wants to be one, at least. He spends most of the movie looking for pot.
* StrictParentsMakeSneakyKids: Aside from the furtive search for marijuana, it's pretty clear that he's the one who's actually been ordering from Columbia Record Club while his dad gets the collectors on his back.
!Sarah Gopnik:
-->'''Played by:''' Jessica [=McManus=]
* {{Expy}}: Of Jane Burnham from ''Film/AmericanBeauty''. Both are pretty teenagers who want to get plastic surgery they don't need - in this case a nose job instead of a boob job - and have their parents pay for it.
* SirSwearsALot: Gets a lot of F-bombs off, mostly aimed at her brother.
!Rabbi Marshak:
-->'''Played by:''' Alan Mandell
* CoolOldGuy: If you're a teenager in 1967 and your septuagenarian (at the very least) rabbi can dig Music/JeffersonAirplane, ''shul'' just got a lot more interesting.
* SuddenlyVoiced: Only makes brief, silent appearances until his pre-Bar Mitzvah confab with Danny.
* TheWonka: His apparent flakiness doesn't keep him from running his synagogue effectively. Although maybe he should have made some time for Larry as well.
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!Larry Gopnik
-->'''Played by:''' Michael Stuhlbarg
A mathematics professor whose domestic, financial, and professional lives are all unraveling. While the Coens used some elements of their father in creating Larry, he's in the main based on the title character from ''Literature/TheBookOfJob''
* ButtMonkey: For most of the movie's length gets less than zero respect.
* {{Expy}}: For Job, as noted. Made to suffer in order to teach a lesson that remains inscrutable.
* JewishAndNerdy: Very much a brainiac, but with all the implied difficulty with social interactions as well.
* NervousWreck: Quickly starts to become one when his life comes apart.
* NoSocialSkills: Tends to fly off the handle, but no one takes him seriously when he does.
* NotQuiteTheRightThing: [[spoiler: When his difficulties seem to be over, he changes Clive Park's grade, compromising his personal and professional ethics. Soon after he gets an ominous call from the doctor and his son is in the crosshairs of a tornado.]]
!Judith Gopnik
-->'''Played by:''' Sari Lennick
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Intentional, deconstructed version. It's impossible to tell what she's thinking, but she tends to copy whatever man she's with. In one scene she and Sy Ableman sit side-by-side wearing almost identical plaid shirts
* YourCheatingHeart: Events of the movie start with her unfaithfulness - emotional, at least - to Larry.
!Sy Ableman
-->'''Played by:''' Fred Melamed
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's courteous, even somewhat gushing, to everyone he deals with. Larry dreams about getting beaten up by him, though, and his goals are selfish at best and malign at worst.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: He and Larry are both involved in separate traffic accidents. Larry survives, but Sy doesn't. Outside of having to pay for his funeral, Larry's dealings with him seem blessedly closed.]]
* KavorkaMan: He's an overweight middle aged man, but seems to have no difficulty leaving his own wife and taking up with Larry's attractive wife.
* ManipulativeBastard: In fact he's gotten just about everyone in the community thinking he's the nicest man in the world.
!Arthur Gopnik
-->'''Played by:''' Richard Kind
* BrokenTears: His biggest emotional reaction in the film is running out into the yard [[NakedFreakout dressed only in his skivvies]] to weep and wail.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Watching his brother lose his wife, get harassed by the Columbia Record Club, and face difficulties on the job, he can still only seethe about how much better that brother is doing than he is.
* UngratefulBastard: He's also living in Larry's house and entirely dependent on his hospitality.
-->'''Played by:''' Michael Stuhlbarg
A mathematics professor whose domestic, financial, and professional lives are all unraveling. While the Coens used some elements of their father in creating Larry, he's in the main based on the title character from ''Literature/TheBookOfJob''
* ButtMonkey: For most of the movie's length gets less than zero respect.
* {{Expy}}: For Job, as noted. Made to suffer in order to teach a lesson that remains inscrutable.
* JewishAndNerdy: Very much a brainiac, but with all the implied difficulty with social interactions as well.
* NervousWreck: Quickly starts to become one when his life comes apart.
* NoSocialSkills: Tends to fly off the handle, but no one takes him seriously when he does.
* NotQuiteTheRightThing: [[spoiler: When his difficulties seem to be over, he changes Clive Park's grade, compromising his personal and professional ethics. Soon after he gets an ominous call from the doctor and his son is in the crosshairs of a tornado.]]
!Judith Gopnik
-->'''Played by:''' Sari Lennick
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Intentional, deconstructed version. It's impossible to tell what she's thinking, but she tends to copy whatever man she's with. In one scene she and Sy Ableman sit side-by-side wearing almost identical plaid shirts
* YourCheatingHeart: Events of the movie start with her unfaithfulness - emotional, at least - to Larry.
!Sy Ableman
-->'''Played by:''' Fred Melamed
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's courteous, even somewhat gushing, to everyone he deals with. Larry dreams about getting beaten up by him, though, and his goals are selfish at best and malign at worst.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: He and Larry are both involved in separate traffic accidents. Larry survives, but Sy doesn't. Outside of having to pay for his funeral, Larry's dealings with him seem blessedly closed.]]
* KavorkaMan: He's an overweight middle aged man, but seems to have no difficulty leaving his own wife and taking up with Larry's attractive wife.
* ManipulativeBastard: In fact he's gotten just about everyone in the community thinking he's the nicest man in the world.
!Arthur Gopnik
-->'''Played by:''' Richard Kind
* BrokenTears: His biggest emotional reaction in the film is running out into the yard [[NakedFreakout dressed only in his skivvies]] to weep and wail.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Watching his brother lose his wife, get harassed by the Columbia Record Club, and face difficulties on the job, he can still only seethe about how much better that brother is doing than he is.
* UngratefulBastard: He's also living in Larry's house and entirely dependent on his hospitality.
