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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 91%, Metacritic 82/100. Scores higher than 96% of the 2,452 2000s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 21m. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic82/100
1,111 audience votes
Key crew
- Noah BaumbachDirector
- Britta PhillipsOriginal Music Composer
- Dean WarehamOriginal Music Composer
- Noah BaumbachWriter
Cast
- Jeff DanielsBernard Berkman
- Laura LinneyJoan Berkman
- Jesse EisenbergWalt Berkman
- Owen KlineFrank Berkman
- William BaldwinIvan
- Halley FeifferSophie Greenberg
- Anna PaquinLili
- David BengerCarl
- Molly BartonGraduate Student
- Bo BerkmanGraduate Student
- Matthew KaplanGraduate Student
- Simon KaplanGraduate Student
Stills
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Themes
uniformnew york citymuseumcoming of agewriterprivatebrooklyn, new york citytrystsemi autobiographicalbroken family1980s
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