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The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach, starring Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, and Owen Kline. The film tells the story of a family's unraveling after the father leaves his wife and two sons for another woman. Daniels plays Bernard Berkman, a successful novelist who is struggling with writer's block and the impending divorce.