| The Squid and the Whale (2005)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Jeff Daniels |
Bernard Berkman
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| Laura Linney |
Joan Berkman
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| Jesse Eisenberg |
Walt Berkman
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| Owen Kline |
Frank Berkman
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| Halley Feiffer |
Sophie
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| Anna Paquin |
Lili
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| William Baldwin |
Ivan
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| David Benger |
Carl
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| Molly Barton |
Graduate Student
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| Bo Berkman |
Graduate Student
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| Matthew Kaplan |
Graduate Student
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| Plot |
| The Squid and the Whale follows the divorce of Joan (Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me) and Bernard Berkman (Jeff Daniels, The Purple Rose of Cairo) as it wreaks havoc on the emotional lives of their two sons, Walt (Jesse Eisenberg, Roger Dodger) and Frank (Owen Kline, The Anniversary Party). Though there's no plot in the usual sense, the movie progresses with growing emotional force from the separation into the bitter fighting between Joan and Bernard and the hapless, floundering behavior of Walt and Frank, who act out through plagiarism, sexual acts, and drinking. Some viewers may find the ending too diffuse; others will appreciate that writer/director Noah Baumbach (Mr. Jealousy) doesn't wrap up the messiness of life in a false cinematic package. Either way, viewers will appreciate how the specificity of the personalities makes The Squid and the Whale so compelling, as Baumbach has drawn the characters with such detail, both engaging and off-putting, that they leap off the screen. Naturally, he's greatly helped by the cast: Linney, Eisenberg, Kline, and especially Daniels bite into these often unsympathetic portraits and give fearlessly honest performances, interlocked in both painful and funny ways--rarely have family dynamics been captured so vividly. If there was an ensemble Oscar, this cast would deserve it. --Bret Fetzer |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy; Drama |
| Director |
Noah Baumbach |
| Producer |
Wes Anderson; Charlie Corwin; Peter Newman |
| Writer |
Noah Baumbach |
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| Studio |
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
81 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
9/26/2005 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
595 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
3/30/2006 |
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| Product Details |
| Edition |
Special Edition |
| Region |
Region |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
043396134942 |
| Release Date |
3/21/2006 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Korean; Portuguese |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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