Bibliograph

The squid and the whale, Running with scissors

Type

Label

The squid and the whale, Running with scissors

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

Main title

The squid and the whale

Medium

videorecording Blu-ray ;

Runtime

203

Sub title

Running with scissors

Summary

The squid and the whale: Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s. The patriarch of an eccentric Brooklyn family claims to once have been a great novelist, but ultimately decided to settled into a teaching job. When his wife discovers a writing talent of her own, jealousy divides the family. The two teenage sons are forced to forge new relationships with their parents. Their mom begins dating her younger son's tennis coach. Meanwhile, dad has an affair with the student his older son is pursuingRunning with scissors: After seeing a less-than-conventional psychiatrist for her problems at home who gives her too many prescriptions and bad advice, a mother ends her marriage and sends her young son to live with the doctor and his odd family

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification