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The Squid and the Whale

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Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Jeff Daniels, and Laura Linney. About two kids and the divorce of their parents - an English teacher father who was once a successful novelist and a mother who is a blossoming novelist. Jealousy splits the kids between the parents basically, and the parents divorce after the mother's numerous affairs and the father's domineering personality. It was really quite brilliant, I enjoyed it very much. Anybody else see it?
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When does the squid turn up? Squids are great.
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Well, truthfully it has little to do with the plot. The squid and the whale are metaphors for the main character's relationship with his mother.
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So there's no big showdown between a squid and a whale?
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Nope, 'fraid not. (It is an odd title, isn't it?)
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Lord Mhoram wrote:Well, truthfully it has little to do with the plot. The squid and the whale are metaphors for the main character's relationship with his mother.
Yeah, I know. I was kidding.
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