The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Joint custody blows.
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.
- Date of release
- 2005-10-05
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1121)
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Noah Baumbach
Casting
- Jeff Daniels — Bernard Berkman
- Laura Linney — Joan Berkman
- Jesse Eisenberg — Walt Berkman
- Owen Kline — Frank Berkman
- William Baldwin — Ivan
- Halley Feiffer — Sophie Greenberg
- Anna Paquin — Lili
- David Benger — Carl
- Molly Barton — Graduate Student
- Bo Berkman — Graduate Student
- Matthew Kaplan — Graduate Student
- Simon Kaplan — Graduate Student
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