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The Squid And The Whale
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Film Description
Brilliantly-scripted comedy drama about the effects a divorce has on a couple's two adolescent sons. Writer-director Noah Baumback based the story on his own parents' divorce, and his ear for dialogue lends the film some excrutiatingly true situations. Daniels, as the arrogant, insecure father, is particularly strong.
Film Information
| Director | Noah Baumbach | ||||
| Starring | Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Laura Linney
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| Genre | Contemporary Film
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| Country | USA | Language | ENGLISH | Year | 2005 |
DVD Extras
Audio Commentaries; Behind The Scenes; Interview With Director And Writer.
Technical Details
| Certificate | 15 | Length | 77 mins | Label | SPHE | ||
| Cat No | CDR40915 | Format | DVD | Colour | |||
| Region | 2 | Aspect | 1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen | ||||
| Subtitles | Spanish, Dutch, English, HIndi . | ||||||
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Review by Mike McCahill on 15th July 2006
All is not well in the Berkman's Brooklyn townhouse. Professor, fading novelist and literary snob Bernard's separation from wife Joan comes, not coincidentally, as the latter's writing career is just taking off. Their two kids pick sides and try not to get damaged by the fall-out.
Although the well-to-do-family-in-peril drama has become a marketable sub-genre in the wake of American Beauty, The Squid and the Whale has the virtues of a superior short story: it's painfully funny, pointed, and admirably honest about what becomes of its characters. Writer-director Baumbach and his performers turn petty squabbles into titanic struggles, the tiniest slight into a major betrayal. It's also a rare ensemble piece where every cast member brings something memorable to the picnic. There's a freewheeling debut from Owen Kline and hugely sympathetic turns from Anna Paquin and Halley Feiffer as independent women getting sucked into the mess. Linney's warm smiles linger long in the mind, but Daniels has the meatiest role, as a buffoon who somehow manages to maintain a level of pomposity while being wheeled into the back of an ambulance.
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