The Squid and the Whale

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Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, William Baldwin, Halley Feiffer, Anna Paquin.
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s. The patriarch of an eccentric Brooklyn family claims to once have been a great novelist, but ultimately decided to settled into a teaching job. When his wife discovers a writing talent of her own, jealousy divides the family. The two teenage sons are forced to forge new relationships with their parents. Their mom begins dating her younger son's tennis coach. Meanwhile, dad has an affair with the student his older son is pursuing.
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Great cast, great movie submitted by monipate on July 30, 2012, 9:14pm Definitely watch this movie. It's very well made and enjoyable. One of the first Jesse Eisenberg films I've seen, and my first favorite.

Absorbing submitted by majean on August 22, 2018, 5:02pm A definite character study film. It ended too abruptly for me.

It looks like the movie was made much earlier than 2005, I'd have guessed the 70s or 80s. Probably they try to fake the era. submitted by Tassos on December 3, 2022, 9:07am The reason this movie looks it was made not in 2005 but 20-30 years ago is probably an effort for it to look like it really happened in the 80s.

Just started watching it. I like Jeff Daniels a lot, but Laura Linney gets on my nerves most of the time.

Saw it. Good, but the ending was rather weak.