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The Squid and the Whale

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R,1hr 28min

Genres:

Comedy,Drama

Released:

October 5, 2005

Director:

Noah Baumbach

Distributor:

Samuel Goldwyn Films

Starring:

Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg ...more

Synopsis: 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 tension between them. One day, Bernard and Joan's two sons -- 16-year-old Walt (Jesse Eisenberg) and 12-year-old Frank (Owen Kline) ... Full Synopsis

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	Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY In hovering, The Squid and the Whale becomes its own realistic display of family entropy, as cautionary as it is educational. Full Review Metascore ^® from metacritic.com 82 Universal Acclaim out of 100 Based on 37 critic reviews

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	Jeff Daniels Bernard, Bernard Berkman Laura Linney Joan, Joan Berkman Jesse Eisenberg Walt, Walt Berkman Owen Kline Frank, Frank Berkman

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