The Squid and the Whale (2005)

Location: Home (DVD)
Seen Before: Yes
Rating: 4.5

Upon first seeing this at the theater last December, I found it practically side-splittingly funny, but felt the structure of the film was just awful. This second time around, however, I just gave in to the sheer hilarity of the film and the power of the performances and found that I really, really appreciate and enjoy this--easily the best of Baumbach's efforts. I feel like I now understand why he approached the story the way he did, and, I'm even glad he chose this route--it is a truely unique, individual film.