AltWeeklies Wire
Droll Divorcenew
The Squid and the Whale is lacking in squid and whales, but it's got plenty of amazing performances.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-01-2005 |
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Wes Anderson Looms Largenew
Intellect and citified sophistication prove insufficient weapons for staving off despair in this black domestic comedy about the sudden eruption of the D-word in a bookish family living in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-10-2005 |
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Rupture of the Deepnew
Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale has that whiff of authenticity. Peter Keough reviews the film and interviews the director.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-07-2005 |
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Breaking Up and Down
The fourth and best film by second-generation Brooklyn boho Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale is partially autobiographical, and it seems as uncensored and intimate as entries from someone's diary.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-04-2005 |
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Family Encounters Along the Slippery Park Slopenew
In this expertly acted piece about the coming apart of a family of New York intellectuals, humor is served not with a smirk but with a helpless shrug.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
11-03-2005 |
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The Heist Aquatic: Pilfering From a Willing Wes Andersonnew
There’s something sinister in the parallels between Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale and Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums. But no matter how much content Squid shares with its predecessor, it feels completely different.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
11-03-2005 |
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Larger and Smaller Than Lifenew
This scathing family fictionalization draws flaws more boldly than virtues.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-02-2005 |
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Gentleman's Seasnew
A lot of us have long thought that Jeff Daniels was an innocuous onscreen presence, and now it's time to take it all back.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
10-27-2005 |
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A Family Adriftnew
Nothing in Noah Baumbach's filmography suggests he had within him something as treacherously funny and wrenchingly sad as The Squid and the Whale.
