The Squid and the Whale

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Rating

7.0

Status

Released

Release Date2005-10-05

Runtime81 min

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Budget$1,500,000

Revenue$11,100,000

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Overview

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

Keywords

brooklyn, new york city

tryst

semi autobiographical

broken family

1980s

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4 total

Trailer

The Squid and the Whale Trailer (2005)

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Cast & Crew

Jeff Daniels

as Bernard Berkman

Laura Linney

as Joan Berkman

Jesse Eisenberg

as Walt Berkman

Owen Kline

as Frank Berkman

William Baldwin

as Ivan

Halley Feiffer

as Sophie Greenberg

Anna Paquin

as Lili

David Benger

as Carl

Molly Barton

as Graduate Student

Bo Berkman

as Graduate Student

Reviews

Wuchak

Feb 9, 2019

8/10

***Gripping realistic account of divorce and its consequences; it’s also occasionally comical*** “The Squid and the Whale” (2005) is a frank, quirky and amusing drama about a family from Brooklyn in 1986 that encounters divorce and the ramifications thereof. The father (Jeff Daniels) is a literary professor and fading author while the wife (L…

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