“Joint custody blows.”
The Squid and the Whale
7.0
1,079 votes·2005
·1h 21m
·MovieComedyDrama
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.
Commercial Verdict
Blockbuster
Revenue vs Budget7.4x
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Massive commercial success
Keywords
uniformnew york citymuseumcoming of agewriterprivatebrooklyn, new york citytrystsemi autobiographicalbroken family1980s
Cast
Jeff Daniels
Bernard Berkman
Laura Linney
Joan Berkman
Jesse Eisenberg
Walt Berkman
Owen Kline
Frank Berkman
William Baldwin
Ivan
Halley Feiffer
Sophie Greenberg
Anna Paquin
Lili
David Benger
Carl
Molly Barton
Graduate Student
Bo Berkman
Graduate Student
Matthew Kaplan
Graduate Student
Simon Kaplan
Graduate Student
Matthew Kirsch
Graduate Student
Daniella Markowicz
Graduate Student
Elizabeth Meriwether
Graduate Student
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