Joint custody blows.
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.
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Prestige, classical in form, intimate and character-led.
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
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“Is this Noah Baumbach's best work?”
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Cast
- Jeff DanielsBernard Berkman
- Laura LinneyJoan Berkman
- Jesse EisenbergWalt Berkman
- Owen KlineFrank Berkman
- William BaldwinIvan
- Halley FeifferSophie Greenberg
- Anna PaquinLili
- David BengerCarl
- Molly BartonGraduate Student
- Bo BerkmanGraduate Student
Crew
- Noah BaumbachDirector
- Noah BaumbachWriter
- Robert D. YeomanDirector of Photography
- Dean WarehamOriginal Music Composer
- Britta PhillipsOriginal Music Composer
- Tim StreetoEditor
- Charlie CorwinProducer
- Clara MarkowiczProducer
- Peter NewmanProducer
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