The Squid and the Whale
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Two young boys deal with their parents' contentious divorce in 1980s Brooklyn.
Why watch: Divorce through a teenager's ruthlessly honest eyes.
Cast
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
David Benger as Carl
Molly Barton as Graduate Student
Bo Berkman as Graduate Student
Matthew Kaplan as Graduate Student
Simon Kaplan as Graduate Student
Matthew Kirsch as Graduate Student
Daniella Markowicz as Graduate Student
Elizabeth Meriwether as Graduate Student
Crew
Noah Baumbach — Director
Noah Baumbach — Writer
Reverge Anselmo — Executive Producer
Clara Markowicz — Producer
Miranda Bailey — Executive Producer
Andrew Lauren — Executive Producer
Peter Newman — Producer
Charlie Corwin — Producer
Jennifer Roth — Co-Producer
Wes Anderson — Producer
Greg Johnson — Executive Producer
Douglas Aibel — Casting
Robert D. Yeoman — Director of Photography
Tim Streeto — Editor
Jennifer Dehghan — Art Direction
Anne Ross — Production Design
Amy Westcott — Costume Design
Dean Wareham — Original Music Composer
Britta Phillips — Original Music Composer
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Apr 3, 2026
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