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The Squid and the Whale (2005)

R 10/05/2005 (US) Comedy, Drama 1h 21m

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Joint custody blows.

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Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

Noah Baumbach

Director, Writer

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Jesse Eisenberg

Walt Berkman
Jeff Daniels

Bernard Berkman
Owen Kline

Frank Berkman
Laura Linney

Joan Berkman
Halley Feiffer

Sophie Greenberg
Anna Paquin

Lili
William Baldwin

Ivan
David Benger

Carl
Molly Barton

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A review by Wuchak

80%

Written by Wuchak on February 9, 2019

Gripping realistic account of divorce and its consequences; it’s also occasionally comical

“The Squid and the Whale” (2005) is a frank, quirky and amusing drama about a family from Brooklyn in 1986 that encounters divorce and the ramifications thereof. The father (Jeff Daniels) is a literary professor and fading author while the wife (Laura Linney) is an emerging writer, a sweet liberal who for some reason can’t stop having affairs. The two boys are played by Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline. William Baldwin is on hand as a tennis instructor while Anna Paquin plays a college student.... read the rest.

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