The Squid and the Whale (2005), Noah Baumbach, A-
Terrifically acted and finely observed. Would be tough to summarize and make it sound interesting, but not everything needs to have a plot, you know? Also: I didn’t realize this would be so laugh-out-loud funny. In all the talk about the film when it came out, no one mentioned it was such a scream. I could have done without the use of the music from “Risky Business.” Why take me out of one movie to have me think about another? In all, though, highly recommended.