The Squid and the Whale

This movie is amazingly written script with much symbolizm. The awesome script is backed by great acting, especially the father. This movie is great!!!... Full review

"The Squid and the Whale" is a hell of a film. I say this so casually because the movie itself is casual. The dialogue, however is very formal. People who dislike Baumbach's writing and directing style are hopeless and naive. He... Full review

"Squid and the Whale" is a great "Door In The Floor", but more of a comedy, too. This movie is great, in all of its directions.... Full review

YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!! Jeff Daniels deserves an oscar for his portrayal of a self-absorbed ego maniac. All of the acting is superp and the writing is excellent. Oh my brother or sister you really should go see this masterpiece!!... Full review

this movie is full of greatness. the writing and the acting are so good that my faith in the world of film has been restored. i love that people are capable of making movies like this. i highly recommend the squid... Full review

Whoever wins the bids on this movie has good luck. It is intelligent and playful and shows fantastic vision. It's a sure Sundance contender for the big prize.... Full review

This film is nothing short of outstanding. The story is both brilliantly funny and devastatingly sad. The acting is played true to real life and Owen Kline (who plays frank) pulls of his charcter so well the other actors could have... Full review

A movie like this shows the disconnect between Hollywood with the media (reviewers) and we the audience. The acting is good but the story isn't. As if we don't see this type of thing in real life, apparently the Hollywood and... Full review

Divorce is a delicate topic and this movie handled it as if it was somehow pornographic. My friend who went with me said "this was awful." After it was over all comments I heard were negative. I wonder how this film... Full review

Was this movie written by an adolescent male for adolescent males? If masturbation, premature ejaculation, and lots of semen (I'm not kidding) are of interest to you go see this movie. If you're looking for a well written, directed film that... Full review

Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale is a tender and painful look at the collapse of a family in early-'80s Brooklyn and the damage done to a couple's children after a divorce. The band has more in common with Juno : a movie that desperately tries to be something it's not (Oscar material) when it's really something more standard (a teen movie). ... Full Review

Formed two years ago in Twickenham , England , NATW took their name by fusing their favorite movie ("The Squid and the Whale") and its director ( Noah Baumbach ). In the latter vein we've also got Noah and the Whale, a new British band who employ wide-eyed vocals and seemingly yearning music to say something far more nuanced and sly. ... Full Review

The Squid and The Whale is a poignant film about the family unit in dysfunctional disarray. The poignancy of the film is heightened by outstanding performances by both youngsters. ... Full Review

The Squid and The Whale is a poignant film about the family unit in dysfunctional disarray. The film is not easy to approach: for one thing, none of the characters are especially likeable, not even young Frank (Owen Kline), who comes the closest. ... Full Review

Writer/Director Noah Baumbach managed to create an astounding film....Although the film is aesthetically stimulating the true driving force is not the visual aspect, but the content of the screenplay.....The characters were adequately developed, deeply refined, and eerily believable.....The Squid and the Whale is a genuine account of family woe that effectively chronicles the struggles of divorce and the effects it has upon children and adolescents.....Yet as ingenious as the written page may be, the crowni ... Full Review

Not quite five months after its release, its cult is swelling. Back story : With this, The Squid and the Whale and The Education of Charlie Banks , Jesse Eisenberg appears to have cornered the market on playing sensitive adolescents... ... Full Article

CHICAGO - Jesse Eisenberg ("The Squid and the Whale") and Kristen Stewart (" The Twilight Saga: New Moon ") star in the delightful and expertly written " Adventureland ," a slice of '80s coming-of-age that truly delivers with clever dialogue,... ... Full Article

"Adventureland," stars Jesse Eisenberg (he of "The Squid and the Whale," also set in '87) and Kristen Stewart. The two became good friends during the shoot - before she went off to star in the phenomenon "Twilight." ... Full Article

The hardest kind of movie to make may be the coming-of-age story, something that everyone can relate to, unless you've got some kind of magic potion that either makes you skip your formative years or stop aging when you're ten. ... Full Article

The Battelle Film Club never fails to disappoint movie lovers. Every season the club features a new series of films that are an eclectic mix of art, foreign and independent movies that are always entertaining. ... Full Article

The Squid and the Whale is a difficult character study about a couple and a family with deep emotional problems that surface during a divorce. ... Full Article