screenwriter and director noah baumbach tale of his incredibly dysfunctional family could easily have be re name the addams family 1986. the film recount his ugly childhood with his young brother and his writer father and aspire writer mother living in park slope and brooklyn in 1986. his father bernard and play revoltingly well by jeff daniel and have absolutely no concept of what go on outside of his own world a he spew obscenity and dwells on his past a a respected writer while of course now no one want anything to do with his write so he teach english instead ( gee and haven not we see that a few hundred time in film . ) bernard wife joan and play by a mousy laury linney and decide that after many year of marriage that divorce be the best option while which seem odd consider that they have nothing good to say about each other and that joan have have affair with at least four different men during their marriage . why they do not continue with this nightmarish marriage isn not explain while there isn not a catalyst for this decision . once the separation occur and bernard relocate several block away to a house of less amenity the film shift focus to the effect the separation have on the two child while walt and frank berkman . walt and play by a brow furrow jesse eisenberg and idolize his father and model his view of the world after bernard twisted vision . the majority of observation from walt mouth be direct quote from his father and yet instead of reveal the depth of admiration walt have for his father these comment simply show walt a be shallow and pathetic . we wait for walt to develop a mind of his own but sadly that never happen . frank and play mincingly by owen kline and steal the film a the repulsive chronic masturbator who leave his call card on any non human surface . at one point joan and bernard get their child custody duty mix up and accidentally leave frank alone for three day . frank spend the time drink scotch and masturbating to his mom underwear and and pass out on the bathroom floor . the next scene be joan and bernard be confront by the school counselor . what happen for the rest of frank long weekend . a nine year old boy leave alone with hard liquor and a oedipal complex be a film in itself and but we aren not allow to witness this and or a scene where the parent find frank near death from alcohol poisoning ( assume that could have easily happen ) lie in a pile of his mother panty . the rest of the film be fill with walt blatant plagiarism and a non stop stream of offensive cursing and argument and premature ejaculation and bernard allow his dinner guest at restaurant to only order half order because he so cheap and unbelievable therapy session and bernard try to force his female student and border to perform oral sex only to be interrupt by his son and and a medical emergency that be offer a redemption but fails . contrary to review i have read and there be nothing charm and endear and funny and or clever about this film . it truly boggle my mind that most critic enjoy this film . the only reason i can conjure be that most of these critic be raise in a family as hellish a this one so it like spending time with old and heavily medicate friend . if this film final scene be of the four berkman go for a hot air balloon ride over the catskills and and the balloon crash in flame into the mountain with no survivor and then i just might have walk out of the theater with a smile on my face . a it be and this a slice of american ugliness that no one should have to endure .