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SQUID & THE WHALE

Director:

  Noah Baumbach
  

Year Released:

  2005

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3 out of 5

3 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Anna Paquin
  Jeff Daniels
  Jesse Eisenberg
  Laura Linney
  Owen Kline
Movie Haiku:Hugely-hyped Sundance favorite turns out to be an OK indie about yet another dysfunctional family. Daniels & Linney are both terrific actors & give their all to the battling Berkman parents, but the core’s still a fairly routine coming-of-age dramedy about an adolescent (Eisenberg) preoccupied with his own emerging manhood.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  Yes

Haiku Posted:

  2005