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MPAA Raing: R
Director: Noah Baumbach
Genres: Family Drama, Coming-of-Age, Drama
Released Date: October 05, 2005 (USA
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Summary:
Two boys learn the hard way about how a marriage falls apart in this independent comedy drama. Bernard (Jeff Daniels) is a novelist whose career has gone into a slow decline as he spends more time teaching and less time writing. His wife, Joan (Laura Linney), meanwhile, has recently begun publishing her own work to widespread acclaim, which only increases the growing tensi... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Jeff Daniels - (Bernard Berkman)
Laura Linney - (Joan Berkman)
Jesse Eisenberg - (Walt Berkman)
Owen Kline - (Frank Berkman)
William Baldwin - (Ivan)
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Review:
Writer/director Noah_Baumbach takes a major step forward as a filmmaker with The Squid and the Whale. Perhaps it's the combination of revelatory autobiographical content and producer Wes_Anderson's formal influence, but this is Baumbach's most emotionally potent and visually coherent film to date. While Baumbach's primary focus remai... Continue >>

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