The movie was doing ok until the part when you get prepared for the resolution of the conflict and then you see: The End. It leaves you wandering, what happened! The climax is week and the end is non existing, as I said

Dysfunctional upper class family going through a divorce. The humor is spread out neatly so it ends up being a drama-dy.

I find it hard to beleive the Popcorn meter gave this a high rating. It was one of the crummiest movies I have seen all year.

An amazing film that's brutally honest and probably does a good job at showing being a child of divorced parents in the 1980s. The Squid And The Whale is easily Noah Baumbach's best film, having amazing handheld camerawork by Robert Yeoman, and never overstayed it's welcome. The highlights are definitely the opening and closing, with the opening perfectly portraying the family dynamics through a simple game of tennis, and the closing being one of my favorites of all time.

Much in the style of the director, a little, intimate funny film about human relations

Touching point of view of how a typical American family functions in todays age.

Pointless and disappointing. Use your 2 hours for better entertainment.

Noah Baumbach is one of the worst filmmakers ever. This film is modestly better than Margot's Wedding, but it never gets beyond the level of INSIPIDLY BORING.

The best Noah Baumbach film which was co-written with Wes Anderson. It is authentic and superbly acted. Two horrible parents that love their kids. Life isn't perfect, but this film is! Final Score: 10/10

Una historia que expone los problemas de aveces ser intelectual y aveces no. Un soundtrack increible.

Amazing somber music leads the way in this sad, sweet film. The themes are dark, realistic, and heady. It's super thoughtful, and doesn't hold back many punches. There are some really incredible moments in here, and fifteen years later and I still love it.

Unsubtle in almost every aspect of its approach, most notably the 'one kid is like mom the other like dad, and also dad is a bit of a dick and mom is a bit of a skank' angles. As a movie, it's certainly as oppressive as the director intended, but as a story it is not much more than a cliché populated by overly caricaturized characters.

The best acting performance from Owen Kline!

Noah Baumbach directs this look at a dysfunctional family as the family deals with the divorce of the parents , played by Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney. Especially focusing on the toll it takes on their sons played brilliantly by Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline. Extremely well written and performed with some hilarious bits of humour scattered around. Fantastic support from Anna Paquin and William Baldwin.

Nothing much interesting, just family affairs...

Adults only 17 and older; full of divorce, which is not creepy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A wonderfully clear illustration of how emotionally inept the intellgencia are when it comes to raising kids and how pathetic their elitist outlooks on life are on a practical level. These are the people steering the sociopolitical ship of modern life, the ones who are obsessed with their idea of culture and despise the working class, but who claim to side with the oppressed. We can thank this stereotype for the mess that kids are faced with today in the west, an upbringing devoid of any sensible values which breeds innumerable pathologies into the very fabric of kids psyches.

The Squid and the Whale is a surprisingly potent film about the disintegration of a marriage and the horrific impact the separation has on the children. Joan and Bernard Berkman (Laura Linney, Jeff Daniels) are narcissistic parents, erudite but unable to use their expansive knowledge in any type of social context, who are seemingly willing to lay waste to the lives of their children in order to secure their own happiness. Written by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, who also directs, it is insightful, at times brutal, at times subtle, and ultimately tragic. Daniels gives what may be the best performance of his career and a young Jesse Eisenberg is remarkable as the eldest son, a young man lacking the tools to manage his feelings of distress. The handheld camera work gives the feeling that this is real life, which is appropriate because this, sadly, is real life.

Great movie, great script. nice filming

Views as an autobiographical family story with touching moments and humor. Jeff Daniels is always amazing as well as Laura Linney. Interesting to see Daniels and Paquin reunited in film under these awkward conditions.