The Squid and the Whale (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray) R
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- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 21 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 22, 2016
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Laura Linney & Owen Kline | |
Performer: | William Baldwin, Anna Paquin & Ken Leung | |
Directed by | Noah Baumbach | |
Music by | Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips | |
Screenwriting by | Noah Baumbach | |
Produced by | Wes Anderson & Peter Newman | |
Director of Photography: | Robert D. Yeoman |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
This is a warm, measured little ballad about the exquisitely sad whimsy of seeing the sanctity of your parent's union fall catastrophically down.
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Patrick Nabarro
Baumbach has crafted this tale out of real love....[He] tells the story with great fluidity....It's a breakthrough work and one of the year's most powerful pictures.
Premiere
3 stars out of 5 -- [A] quirky take on familial breakdown....The performances are excellent.
Ultimate DVD
Mr. Daniels gave one of the best performances of his career, a tour de force of emotional turmoil, intellectual constipation and egomania.
Wall Street Journal
Rating: 4/4 --
Despite the acidic tone, The Squid and the Whale is a disarmingly funny film, one that offers a wealth of insight into the modern American family.
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The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
Never maudlin or overly precious, this comedy/drama is sharp, smart and short.
Movieline's Hollywood Life
Like the diorama in New York's Museum of Natural History from which the film's title is derived, The Squid And The Whale depicts deep-seated conflict in a manner that is at once exquisitely lifelike and mesmerisingly awful to look at.
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Eye for Film
Product Description:
Noah Baumbach's THE SQUID AND THE WHALE is an excruciatingly humane, often hilarious portrait of a disintegrating family in mid-1980s Brooklyn. Set in the stately yet off-kilter neighborhood of Park Slope, the film tells the story of the Berkmans, a quintessentially New York family struggling to keep things together. Family patriarch Bernard (Jeff Daniels) is a published author and writing teacher whose insecurity over his own lack of recognition continues to plague him. Meanwhile, his wife, Joan (Laura Linney), is grappling with her own sense of unsettlement. Their sons, who are caught in the crossfire, express their confusion in different ways: 16-year-old Walt (Jesse Eisenberg) tries to pass off Pink Floyd's "Hey You" as his own hit in the school talent show, while his 12-year-old brother Frank (Owen Kline) begins to explore his burgeoning sexuality and alcoholism. When Bernard and Joan finally decide to separate, the family must confront their unraveling situation head on.
Rarely has family dysfunction been captured so frankly and honestly as in THE SQUID AND THE WHALE. Baumbach claims his film is only semi-autobiographical, but, from the pitch-perfect writing and nostalgic tone, it feels as if we're watching home videos of the writer-director's past. Featuring an outstanding pop-music soundtrack (Bert Jansch, the Feelies, Lou Reed), the film also boasts performances that seem certain to earn end-of-the-year accolades.
Rarely has family dysfunction been captured so frankly and honestly as in THE SQUID AND THE WHALE. Baumbach claims his film is only semi-autobiographical, but, from the pitch-perfect writing and nostalgic tone, it feels as if we're watching home videos of the writer-director's past. Featuring an outstanding pop-music soundtrack (Bert Jansch, the Feelies, Lou Reed), the film also boasts performances that seem certain to earn end-of-the-year accolades.
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