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Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, Halley Feiffer
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 break...( read more
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I hate the expression 'Coming of Age' but I guess this is what this film is but it?s not just 'Coming of age' for the young characters, everyone has growing up to do in this very sweet and honest film!
Well done movie. awkward. Had hard time enjoying it fully but I suppose it's cause I used to smear semen all over the place myself when I was younger
One of the best movies of 2005. Very underrated and not known by most people. Should have won the Original Screenplay award at the Oscars, too. Noah Baumbach created an amazing film, here. Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney should also have been nominated for Oscars. This movie just b...( read more)
The Squid and the Whale examines the affects on two young boys after their parents decide to separate. It's a funny, honest and moving film but one that soends too much time echoing it's point. I enjoyed the ways the boys began to echo their parents but a lot of the time it felt ...( read more)
Hmm. So, I watched this without sound while crapping on to an old friend, but I still don't think I would have enjoyed it much more if I'd paid more attention.
A fine film, though it is strange in that it feels like nothing occurs except what is possibly one of the more important moment in a family life, the divorce of the parents. That serves only the broader agenda of the film as it is more about the two kids. I feel rather attuned to...( read more)
Uncomfortably weird family issues. Laura Linney makes everything worth watching.
What I think I love about this so much, is that the characters are so ruthless and dead on. Finally a movie where people aren't so nice all the time. Not one character is perfect, they're all screwed up in their own way. It makes it easier to like a character when they aren't bui...( read more)
