Directed by:
Noah BaumbachScreenplay:
Noah BaumbachCinematography:
Robert D. YeomanCast:
Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, Halley Feiffer, William Baldwin, Anna Paquin, Elizabeth Meriwether, Ken Leung, Alexandra Daddario (more)Plots(1)
An autobiographical coming-of-age story about a teenager whose writer-parents are divorcing. The father (Jeff Daniels) and mother (Laura Linney) duke it out in half-civilized, half-savage fashion, while their two sons adapt in different ways, shifting allegiances between parents. The film is squirmy-funny and nakedly honest about the rationalisations and compensatory snobbisms of artistic failure as well as the conflicted desires of adolescents for sex and status. In detailing bohemian-bourgeois life in brownstone Brooklyn, Baumbach is spot on. Everyone proceeds from good intentions and acts rather badly, in spite or because of their manifest intelligence. Fulfilling the best traditions of the American independent film, this quirky, wisely written feature explores the gulf between sexes, generations, art and commerce, Brooklyn and Manhattan. (Umbrella Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2006 - Noah Baumbach (Best Original Screenplay)
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2006 - Charlie Corwin, Clara Markowicz, Peter Newman, Wes Anderson (Best Feature)
- 2006 - Noah Baumbach (Best Director)
- 2006 - Jeff Daniels (Best Male Lead)
- 2006 - Laura Linney (Best Female Lead)
- 2006 - Jesse Eisenberg (Best Supporting Male)
- 2006 - Noah Baumbach (Best Screenplay)
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2007 - Noah Baumbach (Best American Film)
Golden Globes
- 2006 - Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- 2006 - Jeff Daniels (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
- 2006 - Laura Linney (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2006 - Owen Kline (Best Young Actor)
- 2006 - Jesse Eisenberg (Best Young Actor)
- 2006 - Noah Baumbach (Best Writer)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2005 - Noah Baumbach (Best Screenplay)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2005 - Noah Baumbach (Best Screenplay)
Sundance Film Festival
- 2005 - Noah Baumbach (Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic)
- 2005 - Noah Baumbach (Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic)
- 2005 - Noah Baumbach (U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic)