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The Squid and the Whale

This movie takes a hard look at divorce, and how it affects those innocent bystanders, the kids. He's an academic with a career crisis, she's an up-and-coming writer. When they decide it's splitsville, the boys react in different ways... one getting jealous of his father's young new girlfriend, and the other mastering the art of masturbation.

79 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Nudity)
Comedy, Drama, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, Halley Feiffer, Anna Paquin, William Baldwin
Director	Noah Baumbach
Screenplay	Noah Baumbach
Music	Britta Phillips, Dean Wareham
Cinematography	Robert D. Yeoman
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2005
Produced by	American Emperical Pictures, Peter Newman/Interal Productions, Original Media, Seven Hills Pictures, Andrew Lauren Productions, Ambush Entertainment, Destination Films, InterAl Inc., Squic and Whale Inc.
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

Official Site | IMDB page | FPB Report | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Medium

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Strong, frequent, almost gratuitous
Nudity	Implied, sexual, occasional
Sex	Occasional, realistic and implied
Violence	Mild and infrequent
Prejudice	Mild and isolated
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTanya Farber	14
Die BurgerArnold Vermaak	20
Cape TimesKenneth Turan	20
The Good WeekendSergio Ben	10
Mail & GuardianShaun de Waal	16
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	15
International Media
BBC (UK)Matthew Leyland	15
Box Office (USA)Francesca Dinglasan	15
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	18
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	15
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	15
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	18
ScreenIt (USA)	12
Internet (IMDB)5071 Netizens	16

Average .. 78%	15

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