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The Squid and the Whale (2005)

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Reviews Counted:138

Fresh:129

Rotten:9

Average Rating:7.9/10

Consensus: This is a piercingly honest, acidly witty look at divorce and its impact on a family.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong sexual content, graphic dialogue and language

Runtime: 1 hr. 28 min.

Genre: Drama, Art House & International

Theatrical Release: Oct 5, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $7.1M

Synopsis: Bernard Berkman, the patriarch of an eccentric Brooklyn family, claims to have been a famous novelist but is now reduced to teaching. His wife Joan... Bernard Berkman, the patriarch of an eccentric Brooklyn family, claims to have been a famous novelist but is now reduced to teaching. His wife Joan discovers a literary talent of her own, and it breaks up the family, leaving the two teenage sons, Walt, 16, and Frank, 12, divided between their parents. The wife starts an affair with her younger son's tennis coach, while the husband starts sleeping with a student whom his elder son is courting. [More]

Starring: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline

Starring: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, William Baldwin, Halley Feifer, Anna Paquin, Ken Leung, Halley Feiffer

Director: Noah Baumbach

Director: Noah Baumbach
Screenwriter: Noah Baumbach
Producer: Wes Anderson , Peter Newman , Charlie Corwin , Clara Markowicz
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films

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Try as he might to cut to the frayed nerves of a scene, Baumbach lets cuteness get in the way

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Sep 1, 2009
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
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Apr 29, 2009
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Devin Faraci
Devin Faraci
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Nov 1, 2007
David Ansen
David Ansen
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Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
Aug 16, 2007
Ben Walters
Ben Walters
Time Out New York

Like the diorama in New York's Museum of Natural History from which the film's title is derived, The Squid And The Whale depicts deep-seated conflict in a manner that is at once exquisitely lifelike and mesmerisingly awful to look at.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
Aug 6, 2007
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
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Nov 11, 2006
Stuart Klawans
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Sep 28, 2006
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Aug 19, 2006
Matt McAllister
Matt McAllister
Future Movies UK

Un retrato honesto y revelador de la descomposición de un matrimonio, visto desde la perspectiva de los hijos adolescentes.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
Aug 11, 2006
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total

...Baumbach's most emotionally potent and visually coherent film to date.

Full Review Source: All Movie Guide | comment Comment
Aug 5, 2006
Josh Ralske
Josh Ralske
All Movie Guide

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
May 12, 2006
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

Doesn't break much new ground in terms of parental misconduct or adolescent sexual confusion.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment 1 Comment
May 4, 2006
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
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Apr 8, 2006
Peter Bradshaw
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Apr 7, 2006
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Apr 7, 2006
Sydney Morning Herald

Beautifully written, moving and frequently hilarious drama with terrific performances and superb, Oscar-nominated dialogue - this is one of the best films of the year.

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Apr 6, 2006
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

It's brittle, yet tender. Familiar, yet fresh. Intelligent with shooting pains of unpredictability, the film offers no simple answers to unanswerable questions. Instead it leave us with a heartfelt portrayal that involves and touches us.

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Apr 2, 2006
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Mar 4, 2006
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