The Squid and the Whale (2005)
"Joint custody blows."
Critics Score
🎬 86%
(RT: 91%, MC: 82) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Owen Kline as Frank Berkman
Halley Feiffer as Sophie Greenberg
David Benger as Carl
Is The Squid and the Whale good?
Most people think so. 72% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 86%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
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