The Squid and the Whale

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Actors: Jeff Daniels , Laura Linney , Anna Paquin , William Baldwin , Jesse Eisenberg , Molly Barton , Ben Schrank , Owen Kline , Daniella Markowicz , Simon Kaplan , Bo Berkman , David Benger , Elizabeth Meriwether , Matthew Kirsch , Matthew Kaplan

Director: Noah Baumbach

IMDB Rate: 7.6 out of 10 (21631 votes)

Plot Summary:The patriarch (Jeff Daniels) of an eccentric Brooklyn family claims to once have been a great novelist, but he has settled into a teaching job. When his wife (Laura Linney) discovers a writing talent of her own, jealousy divides the family, leaving two teenage sons to forge new relationships with their parents. Linneys character begins dating her younger sons tennis coach. Meanwhile, Daniels character has an affair with the student his older son is pursuing.