Bernard Berkman, the patriarch of an eccentric Brooklyn family, claims to have been a famous novelist but is now reduced to teaching. His wife Joan discovers a literary talent of her own, and it breaks up the family, leaving the two teenage sons, Walt, 16, and Frank, 12, divided between their parents. The wife starts an affair with her younger son's tennis coach, while the husband starts sleeping with a student whom his elder son is courting.

GENRE: Comedydrama
MPAA RATING: R
RUN TIME: 1h 21m
RELEASE DATE: October 14, 2005
STARRING: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Anna Paquin, Owen Kline
DIRECTOR(S): Noah Baumbach
PRODUCER(S): Wes Anderson, Peter Newman, Charles Corwin, Clara Markowicz
WRITER(S): Noah Baumbach
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