The Squid and the Whale (2005)

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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.

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08/06/07

4/5

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

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08/11/06

9/10

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

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08/05/06

4/5

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05/12/06

2/4

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

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05/04/06

4/5

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04/07/06

5/5

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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04/06/06

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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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04/02/06

3/4

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03/04/06

4/4

Relentless in its condemnation of childish parenting and irresponsibility, Noah Baumbach's uncomfortable The Squid and the Whale ranks as one of 2005's best films by pulling no punches whatsoever.

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02/03/06

B+

An insightful, unblinking, bittersweet and funny portrait of a family in the process of a bitter divorce.

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02/02/06

2.5/4

As smart and strongly acted as the movie is, you're still left with the feeling that it's ultimately a rather thin slice of personal history that would have been better left as a short story or a lifetime of therapy sessions.

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01/05/06