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The Squid and the Whale   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Production Photos Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   The Critics: A- 12 reviews Start Rating Movies Now! Sign In or sign up Yahoo! Users: B 2971 ratings  User Reviews (162 reviews) Write your own review Sort by:  Most HelpfulMost RecentHighest GradeLowest Grade Previous   |  1-10 of 162  |   Next   Overall Grade: A- Story: B+ Acting: A+ Direction: B+ Visuals: B Fantastic by liquidride212 (movies profile) (Apr 3, 2007) 25 of 30 people found this review helpful If you want to see a movie that can touch you in a not so obvious way see The Squid and the Whale. Fantastic acting and subtle but powerful story line mixed with just the... Full Review Overall Grade: C Story: A Acting: A Direction: B Visuals: B- has the parts, but doesnt add up to anything by jimmers_205 (movies profile) (Jul 16, 2007) 26 of 38 people found this review helpful The Squid and the Whale stars Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney as two parents who after seventeen years of marriage decide to get a divorce. The film then follows their two... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A Call me Ishmael by pillar_of_davidson (movies profile) (Apr 21, 2006) 24 of 35 people found this review helpful Writer/director Noah Baumbach (co-writer of "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou") tells this tale of the lives of a typical suburban family who become un-common when the... Full Review Overall Grade: B Story: B Acting: B+ Direction: B- Visuals: B+ discomforting, but very real by berkeleyniceguy (movies profile) (May 23, 2008) 8 of 9 people found this review helpful This was an intriguing movie. The adults were rather one-dimensional and stale, but the two boys were amazing! Perhaps when marriage grow stle and brittle, so do we. I... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: A Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A- Highly recommended for the thinking movie-goer by tehermida (movies profile) (Apr 3, 2007) 10 of 14 people found this review helpful A wonderful tale about the pain and selfishness often involved in the disintegration of a family. Painful to watch at times but with appropriate comic relief. Delves in... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ the best movie you will see this fall! by mike_shellito (movies profile) (May 23, 2008) 7 of 9 people found this review helpful this movie is full of greatness. the writing and the acting are so good that my faith in the world of film has been restored. i love that people are capable of making mo... Full Review Overall Grade: D Story: F Acting: C Direction: B Visuals: D New Movie Genre: Crap by dogmule (movies profile) (Feb 4, 2008) 5 of 5 people found this review helpful Not dark enough to be a Comedy or even routinely funny, ironic, or paradoxical. There are no laughs. Not compelling enough to be a Drama, as you find yourself hoping all... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ hey you! by drlaurasnyder (movies profile) (May 23, 2008) 6 of 8 people found this review helpful YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!! Jeff Daniels deserves an oscar for his portrayal of a self-absorbed ego maniac. All of the acting is superp and the writing is excellent.... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A- Direction: A Visuals: A- run don't walk by moynihan_patrick (movies profile) (May 23, 2008) 6 of 8 people found this review helpful Whoever wins the bids on this movie has good luck. It is intelligent and playful and shows fantastic vision. It's a sure Sundance contender for the big prize.   Overall Grade: B+ Story: B Acting: A Direction: A- Visuals: B+ Angling for Oscars by BluezBoy8 (movies profile) (Apr 3, 2007) 7 of 11 people found this review helpful This is a painfully real "drama-dy" with characters so subtly tortured by the evolving reality of the parents' divorce, they nearly veer into caricatures. True comic reli... Full Review Previous   |  1-10 of 162  |   Next