Follows two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s
Squid and the Whale■
Synopsis
A pair of brothers living in Brooklyn are caught in the middle of, and deeply affected by, the divorce of their erudite parents, Bernard (Jeff Daniels) and Joan Berkman (Laura Linney). Older sibling Walt (Jesse Eisenberg) sides with dad and acts out at school, while younger brother Frank (Owen Kline) quietly backs up mom. The household tension rises further when Joan's writing career takes off and surpasses the failed ambitions of her professor ex-husband.
Credits
Ratings: 15
Genre: Comedy, Drama,
Director: Noah Baumbach
Stars: Owen Kline, Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney
