The Squid and the Whale
Joint custody blows.
6.9(1,090) 2005-10-05 81 minComedyDrama
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
Original Music ComposerDean Wareham
ProducerClara Markowicz
ProducerPeter Newman
Original Music ComposerBritta Phillips
ProducerCharlie Corwin
DirectorNoah Baumbach
ProducerWes Anderson
WriterNoah Baumbach
Cast & characters
Jeff Daniels
as Bernard Berkman
Laura Linney
as Joan Berkman
Jesse Eisenberg
as Walt Berkman
Owen Kline
as Frank Berkman
William Baldwin
as Ivan
Halley Feiffer
as Sophie Greenberg
Anna Paquin
as Lili
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David Benger
as Carl
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Molly Barton
as Graduate Student
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Bo Berkman
as Graduate Student
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Matthew Kaplan
as Graduate Student
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Simon Kaplan
as Graduate Student
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Matthew Kirsch
as Graduate Student
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Daniella Markowicz
as Graduate Student
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Elizabeth Meriwether
as Graduate Student
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Ben Schrank
as Graduate Student
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Amy Srebnick
as Graduate Student
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Josh Srebnick
as Graduate Student
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Emma Straub
as Graduate Student
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Alan Wilkis
as Graduate Student
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James Hamilton
as Man with Joan
Adam Rose
as Otto
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Henry Glovinsky
as Lance
Eli Gelb
as Jeffrey
