Cast
Owen Kline Jeff Daniels 
Laura Linney 
Jesse Eisenberg William Baldwin David Benger
Credits
Written by: 
Noah Baumbach
Plot
In Brooklyn in the 1980s, two teenage boys take sides as their writer parents get divorced, in a funny, painful and semi-autobiographical drama.
Sinekatalog’s take
A funny, painful and sharply observed family comedy-drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (95,236 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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