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The Squid and the Whale (2005) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
1287 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.86/4 |
# of Ratings: |
97 |
Genres: |
Comedy, Drama |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 10/05/2005 |
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Director: |
Noah Baumbach |
Actors: |
Owen Kline
Jeff Daniels
Laura Linney
William Baldwin
Anna Paquin
Jesse Eisenberg |
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mitchellyoung 07/16/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
Drawing a cue from his frequent collaborator, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach directs a film full of dark comedy and quiet revelation about a severely fractured family. The film's best moments are its most human ones, rooted in basic emotion. When the film gets too obsessed with being odd or indie, it falls apart. |
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donkeyknight 05/02/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
1.5/4 |
"How to screw up your kids."
I thought the writing was smart and generated several talking points, but the characters' actions and words can be so pungent it ultimately distracts from the themes of the movie. |
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goodfellamike 09/17/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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3/4 |
An acute, well-written, highly personal drama of an already fractured family and their struggle with parental separation; nicely acted (especially by Jeff Daniels) and full of insight, but very little is solved by the end. Final Grade: B+ |
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03/31/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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"The Squid And The Whale" by Yojimbo |
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The Squid And the Whale is a typical "indie" movie. It has a script that is based upon an interesting idea (the effect of divorce between two middle class intellectuals upon their children), some well written characters and a smattering of funny lines and odd situations. But that's it. It doesn't GO anywhere. There is no attempt at a narrative plot and it basically just leaves you hanging there, trying to make sense of it and to me, that's just as lazy as throwing in a gratuitous love interest or a pointless car chase. Jeff Daniels is as great as always, playing a domineering self obsessed asshole in a way that lesser actors wouldn't touch for fear of tainting their "image". The rest of the cast are also very good and it definitely has moments, but a collection of moments does not necessa... |
Rating of
2/4 |
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