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Gripping realistic account of divorce and its consequences; its 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 (Laura Linney) is an emerging writer, a sweet liberal who for some reason cant stop having affairs. The two boys are played by Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline. William Baldwin is on hand as a tennis instructor while Anna Paquin plays a college student.
The story is unsurprisingly based on director/writer Noah Baumbachs own familys experience. I say unsurprisingly because the movie smacks of real l...