History Film / TheSquidAndTheWhale

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Frank gets in trouble at school for his habit of masturbating in semi-public places and then smearing his semen on things.

Primarily off the strength of its universally acclaimed screenplay, the film won several awards at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and collected Baumbach's first big-name nominations for Independent Spirit Awards, Golden Globes, and an Academy Award.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[-[[{{Tagline}} Joint custody blows.]]-]'']]

-->--'''Frank''', in the film's opening line[[note]]in the context of a tennis game, but with [[DoubleMeaning very overt connotations]][[/note]]

* TheCameo: Creator/AlexandraDaddario, in her film debut, as a pretty girl (credited as such) who eyes Walt seductively for a split second after the talent show.

* WritersSuck: Both Bernard and Joan are writers, and are selfish jerks.

The film revolves around a family in mid-[[TheEighties 1980s]] Brooklyn -- the Berkmans, composed of established writer father Bernard (Daniels), up-and-coming writer mother Joan (Laura), and sons Walt (Eisenberg) and Frank (Kline). [[WriteWhatYouKnow Based primarily on events in Baumbach's own adolescence]], the center of the story is the parents' gradual divorce, and how this manifests in the family members' connections and personal lives.

''The Squid and the Whale'' is a 2005 American independent [[{{Dramedy}} comedy-drama]] film written and directed by Creator/NoahBaumbach and co-produced by Creator/WesAnderson. The film marked the second collaboration between the two following Baumbach co-writing Anderson's then-latest film, ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou''.

It stars Creator/JeffDaniels, Creator/LauraLinney, Creator/JesseEisenberg, and Owen Kline, with Creator/AnnaPaquin and Creator/WilliamBaldwin in supporting roles. The film was shot on Super 16mm and mostly on handheld, creating its distinct lo-fi look.

''The Squid and the Whale'' is a 2005 American independent [[{{Dramedy}} comedy-drama]] film written and directed by Creator/NoahBaumbach and co-produced by Creator/WesAnderson.

The film marked the second collaboration between the two following Baumbach co-writing Anderson's then-latest film, ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou''. It stars Creator/JeffDaniels, Creator/LauraLinney, Creator/JesseEisenberg, and Owen Kline, with Creator/AnnaPaquin and Creator/WilliamBaldwin in supporting roles. The film was shot on Super 16mm and mostly on handheld, creating its distinct lo-fi look.

* CentralTheme: The impact divorce has on their children.

* HumansAreBastards: Or in this movies case, ''Parents Are Bastards''. Both of the parents are arrogant and self-centered who think they care about their kids but really just want to be seen as the better person. They are quite neglectful of their kids usually making Walt need to be the one to look after his little brother Frank.

* PlagiarismInFiction: Walt tries to pass off Pink Floyd's "Hey You" as an original song he wrote for the school talent show.

''The Squid and the Whale'' is a 2005 American independent arthouse [[{{Dramedy}} comedy-drama]] film written and directed by Creator/NoahBaumbach and produced by Creator/WesAnderson. It tells the semi-autobiographical story of two boys in Brooklyn dealing with their parents' divorce in 1986. The film is named after the giant squid and sperm whale diorama housed at the American Museum of Natural History, which is seen in the film.

Bernard, an established writer, and Joan, an up-and-coming writer, decide to separate after Joan's infidelities become increasingly apparent, and Bernard moves out of their posh Park Slope home into a down-market location. Their teen son Walt, who idolizes his father, starts dating Sophie, a girl at school, but lusts after Lili, a college student in Bernard's class who ends up moving with Bernard and the boys. The preteen son, Frank, struggles to deal with going through puberty and his parents divorce at the same time. The film focuses on the fallout of the divorce and the characters' interacting selfish actions.

The film was shot on Super 16mm, mostly using a handheld camera. At the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, the film won awards for best dramatic direction and screenwriting, and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Baumbach later received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The film received six Independent Spirit Award nominations and three Golden Globe nominations. The New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review voted its screenplay the year's best.

* LonelyBachelorPad: While the old family house Joan lives in is richly decorated and well-cared for, Bernard's house is run-down, has little furniture and food, and each room is decorated by a single poster. This is highlighted when they first move in, and Frank's room is adorned with a poster of a tennis player he hates, and a very small lefty desk (Frank isn't left-handed), much to Frank's displeasure.

* SlutShaming: Walt is rather judgemental about his girlfriend's sexuality. He angrily demands information, which he then judges her for, about giving her previous boyfriend a handjob, and then gets upset when she expresses interest in having sex with him because she's too aggressive. It's very hypocritical on his part considering he's thinking about cheating on her with Lili, and all the authority figures in his life are telling him he should sleep around.
* SpeedSex: Walt orgasms within 30 seconds of Sophie giving him a hand job, leading to some awkwardness afterward.

Bernard, an established writer, and Joan, an up-and-coming writer, decide to separate after Joan's infidelities become increasingly apparent, and Bernard moves out of their posh Park Slope home into a down-market location. Their teen son Walt, who idolizes his father, starts dating Sophie, a girl at school, but lusts after Lili, a college student in Bernard's class who ends up moving with Bernard and the boys. The preteen son, Frank, struggles to deal with going through puberty and his parents divorce at the same time. The film focuses on the fallout of the divorce and the characters interacting selfish actions.

* BrokenPedestal: For much of the film, Walt idolizes his father, and completely takes his side in the divorce, often refusing to spend time at his mother's house. Towards the end, he has a change of heart, after a therapy session causes him to realize his father was never around when he was a kid, and when he finds his father putting the moves on Lili, who he had a crush on.

* PlagiarismInFiction: Walt tries to pass of Pink Floyd's "Hey You" as an original song he wrote for the school talent show.

* OedipusComplex: Franks hates his father and is very attached to his mother, which disturbingly shades into sexual attraction. Inverted with Walt, who hates his mother and is very loyal to his father -- until his father becomes his sexual rival for Lili.

''The Squid and the Whale'' is a 2005 American independent arthouse [[{{Dramedy}} comedy-drama]] film written and directed by Creator/NoahBaumbach and produced by Creator/WesAnderson. It tells the semi-autobiographical story of two boys in Brooklyn dealing with their parents' divorce in 1986. The film is named after the giant squid and sperm whale diorama housed at the American Museum of Natural History, which is seen in the film. The film was shot on Super 16mm, mostly using a handheld camera. At the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, the film won awards for best dramatic direction and screenwriting, and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Baumbach later received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The film received six Independent Spirit Award nominations and three Golden Globe nominations. The New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review voted its screenplay the year's best.

* TeacherStudentRomance: Frank lusts after Lili, a student in the college class he teaches who writes "very racy" stories. She's substantially younger with him, and, in what would certainly be an HR violation today, moves in with him after she gets evicted. While she expresses some interest in him, when he eventually makes a pass at her it doesn't appear to be consensual.

* ParentsAsPeople: Joan and Bernard aren't the most attentive parents because they're going through a lot in their own lives, which the film gives attention to. Joan has an active dating life, and is a rising literary star, while Walt is struggling with his writing career and seems to be having a mid-life crisis of identity.

* ParentsAsPeople: Joan and Walt aren't the most attentive parents because they're going through a lot in their own lives, which the film gives attention to. Joan has an active dating life, and is a rising literary star, while Walt is struggling with his writing career and seems to be having a mid-life crisis of identity.

* YourCheatingHeart: Joan is pretty un-faithful to her husband and not quite loyal to her kids.

* ADateWithRosyPalms: Frank gets in trouble at school for his habit of masturbating in semi-public places and then smearing his semen on things.

''The Squid and the Whale'' is a 2005 American independent arthouse comedy-drama film written and directed by Creator/NoahBaumbach and produced by Creator/WesAnderson. It tells the semi-autobiographical story of two boys in Brooklyn dealing with their parents' divorce in 1986. The film is named after the giant squid and sperm whale diorama housed at the American Museum of Natural History, which is seen in the film. The film was shot on Super 16mm, mostly using a handheld camera. At the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, the film won awards for best dramatic direction and screenwriting, and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Baumbach later received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The film received six Independent Spirit Award nominations and three Golden Globe nominations. The New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review voted its screenplay the year's best.

* AdultsAreUseless: Bernard and Joan are pretty crappy parents. However, at least Joan kind of made somewhat an attempt. It turns out Bernard didn't really contribute much to his children's lives.
* AlphaBitch: Joan

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Frank

* JerkAss: Both Bernard and Joan are pretty terrible.

** Joan has still made an occasional attempt to be a part of their families lives but is still an unfaithful AlphaBitch
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Walt

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Pretty cynical throughout the movie.
* WritersSuck: Both Bernard and Joan are writers.

* HumansAreBastards: Or in this movies case, ''Parents Are Bastards''.

* YourCheatingHeart: Joan is pretty un-faithful.

The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 American independent arthouse comedy-drama film written and directed by Creator/NoahBaumbach and produced by Creator/WesAnderson. It tells the semi-autobiographical story of two boys in Brooklyn dealing with their parents' divorce in 1986. The film is named after the giant squid and sperm whale diorama housed at the American Museum of Natural History, which is seen in the film. The film was shot on Super 16mm, mostly using a handheld camera. At the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, the film won awards for best dramatic direction and screenwriting, and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Baumbach later received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The film received six Independent Spirit Award nominations and three Golden Globe nominations. The New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review voted its screenplay the year's best.

!! Tropes Associated With This Film

* YourCheatingHeart: Joan is pretty un-faithful.

The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 American independent arthouse comedy-drama film written and directed by Creator/Noah Baumbach and produced by Creator/Wes Anderson. It tells the semi-autobiographical story of two boys in Brooklyn dealing with their parents' divorce in 1986. The film is named after the giant squid and sperm whale diorama housed at the American Museum of Natural History, which is seen in the film. The film was shot on Super 16mm, mostly using a handheld camera. At the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, the film won awards for best dramatic direction and screenwriting, and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Baumbach later received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The film received six Independent Spirit Award nominations and three Golden Globe nominations. The New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review voted its screenplay the year's best.

The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 American independent arthouse comedy-drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach and produced by Wes Anderson. It tells the semi-autobiographical story of two boys in Brooklyn dealing with their parents' divorce in 1986. The film is named after the giant squid and sperm whale diorama housed at the American Museum of Natural History, which is seen in the film. The film was shot on Super 16mm, mostly using a handheld camera. At the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, the film won awards for best dramatic direction and screenwriting, and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Baumbach later received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The film received six Independent Spirit Award nominations and three Golden Globe nominations. The New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review voted its screenplay the year's best.

* [[Jerkass]]: Both Bernard and Joan are pretty terrible.

* YouCheatingHeart: Joan is pretty un-faithful.