I finally got around to seeing The Squid And The Whale, the heavy, Brooklyn-set film about a broken marriage. Not cheerful, which is why it sat so long in my Netflix cue, but really great characters- too cold and dysfunctional to relate to eachother: from Jeff Daniels' aging, narcissistic literature professor character to those of his sons, one needy for acceptance, parroting and taking credit for ideas he doesn't understand; the ten year old alternating between masturbating himself all over the school, storing cashews long-term in his nostrils, and getting blasted alone in his underwear until passing out.
And yes, New Yorkers, the title is referencing the exhibit in the undeniably awesome Museum of Natural History.
See it for the good characters, as well as poignant NYC shots and the understatedly hilarious, cringe-worthy, intellectual snobbery that sabotages everything.
Normally I do enjoy hanging around with smart folks, but please, please, may we never become anything like these people.
And if you'd like to chase that downer with a completely different spin on Wasp-y white lives gone awry, watch This Ridiculous Digital Short from last week's SNL. Goodnight!
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