the squid and the whale

i'd been wanting to see this film for a while now, and a few days ago i found it online for £1.60 and free delivery, and figured why not. it arrived this morning, and i'd been excited all day to watch it. even the person who sold it to me put a post it note on recommending me to seek out the work by the writer david eggers (away we go, where the wild things are).
i regret having left it this long to actually take the time out to get the film, i enjoyed it very much. i love how the very first line of the film sums up the story, even though it's just about a game of tennis. i would say, in a nutshell, it's a story about trust, and how it can go wrong in both the long and short term. i found it very inspirational, especially after i discovered what "the squid and the whale" actually meant.
the only previous work that i've seen noah baumbach both write and direct was greenburg, and i can identify the style he presents, especially in the characters. seeing this has really encouraged me to try and watch the rest of his work! i feel he may be underrated in comparison to wes anderson who he's worked with a couple of times.

this isn't really much of a review, and i don't want to ramble on too much about it, i just feel like i haven't watched a new film this good in a while. well, new as in something i picked out that may not be as recent. i haven't watched any dvds in a couple of weeks now, and i think this may have been the film to encourage me to do so.