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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396134942
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: March 21, 2006
Running Time: 81 minutes
Sales Rank: 5454
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Sony Pictures The Squid And The Whale (Widescreen, Special Edition)
Based on the true childhood experiences of director Noah Baumbach, "The Squid And The Whale" tells the story of a patriarch (Jeff Daniels, "Dumb & Dumber," "Speed") of an eccentric Brooklyn family who once had been a great novelist, but has settled into a teaching job. When his wife (Laura Linney, "Exorcism Of Emily Rose," "Kinsey") discovers a writing talent of her own, jealousy divides the family, leaving two teenage sons to forge new relationships with their parents. Linney's characterbegins dating her younger son's tennis coach (William Baldwin, "Backdraft," "Flatliners"). Meanwhile, Daniels' character has an affair with the student (Anna Paquin, "X-Men," "Almost Famous") his older son is pursuing.
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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
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Rating:  -
I don't know how Laura Lindley does it but I can always count on her being in a great independent film. This one is wonderful though I still can't make sense of the ending. A couple divorce and the poor relationship between the couple and the boys disintegrate even further. This family wasn't content or happy before the divorce (which makes sense) but the divorce is an adjustment in itself. The father is a writer who can't get anything published while the mother is prospering. She finds other ... Read More
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THIS REVIEW IS ABOUT THE PACKAGING NOT THE FILM...
As happens far too often the copy of the DVD of this film I received arrived with the disc off the spindle and scratched to high heaven. Sony agreed to take it back but wanted me, in these days of high petrol prices, to take it out to a FedEx in the suburbs. They offered no alternative. And since the price it would of cost me in gas was more than I paid for the disc in the first place I decided against returning the unwatchable disc. Hence ... Read More
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I was expecting great things from The Squid and the Whale. After all, critical buzz about the picture when it was released was good, and the film was nominated for some Golden Globes and and Oscar. Well, either my hopes were too high, or the film just wasn't as good as everyone made it out to be.
The film relates the disintegration of the Berkman family, who are living in 1980s Brooklyn. Father Bernard (Jeff Daniels) is a pompous, know-it-all novelist who has begun the downward arc of his ... Read More
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For some reason, the mainstream avant garde seems to regard the dramedy as the quintessential genre. You know what I mean: the "almost comedy," the "quirky drama," the "unbelieveable reality." Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale is a good example of this genre. It's kind of like that other nearly mainstream movie of his, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Special Edition). This one is more realistic than The Life Aquatic, but it has that same kind of quirkiness. The characters ... Read More
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Simply wonderful. For those who have grown up with exceptionally educated parents, be prepared for moments of cringing and wincing when viewing this movie. Most of all, The Squid and the Whale is for those who step back and are able to appreciate and have fun with the idiosyncrasies and annoyances of our own families. Baumbach's insight into the dysfunctional family is uncanny and, in turn, tells us how dysfunctional all of our families are. On the technical level, along with Wes Anderson and a few others, Noah ... Read More
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