Top billed cast

1. 

   Jeff Daniels

   Bernard Berkman

2. 

   Laura Linney

   Joan Berkman

3. 

   Jesse Eisenberg

   Walt Berkman

4. 

   Owen Kline

   Frank Berkman

5. 

   William Baldwin

   Ivan

6. 

   Halley Feiffer

   Sophie Greenberg

7. 

   Anna Paquin

   Lili

8. 

   David Benger

   Carl

9. 

   Molly Barton

   Graduate Student

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2019-02-09

***Gripping realistic account of divorce and its consequences; it’s also occasionally comical***

“The Squid and the Whale” (2005) is a frank, quirky and amusing drama about a family from Brooklyn in 1986 that encounters divorce and the ramifications thereof. The father (Jeff Daniels) is a literary professor and fading author while the wife (Laura Linney) is an emerging writer, a sweet liberal who for some reason can’t stop having affairs. The two boys are played by Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline. William Baldwin is on hand as a tennis instructor while Anna Paquin plays a college ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,500,000.00

Revenue
$11,100,000.00

Keywords

• uniform
• new york city
• museum
• coming of age
• writer
• private
• brooklyn, new york city
• tryst
• semi autobiographical
• broken family
• 1980s