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Noah Baumbach’s masterpiece isn't about a blended family forming; it’s about a nuclear family un-forming to become a blended one. The film’s brutal honesty about custody, geography, and new partners (Laura Dern’s character is a fascinating quasi-stepmother figure) is unparalleled.

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