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The Savages
starring: Philip Bosco, Guy Boyd, Maddie Corman, Peter Frechette, Michael Higgins

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: SAVAGES - WIDESCREEN (DVD MOVIE)
EAN: 0024543506799
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Twentieth Century Fox
Manufacturer: Twentieth Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Running Time: 114 minutes
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Sales Rank: 2948
MPN: FOXD2250679D

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Editorial Review:

Description:
Academy Award winnerÂ(r) Philip Seymour Hoffman* and Academy AwardÂ(r) nominee Laura Linney** deliver unforgettable performances in this hilarious coming-of-middle age story from OscarÂ(r) -nominated writer / director Tamara Jenkins***. Until recently, all John and Wendy Savage (Hoffman, Linney) had in common were a lousy childhood and a few strands of DNA. But after years of drifting apart, they're forced to band together to care for the elderly, cantankerous father who made their formative "challenging." In the process, both of these aimless, perpetually adolescent fortysomethings may just, at long last, have to grow up! *2005: Best Actor, Capote **2007: Best Actress, The Savages; 2004 Best Supporting Actress, Kinsey; 2000: Best Actress, You Can Count on Me. ***2007: Best Original Screenplay, The Savages.

Amazon.com:
It's almost impossible to describe The Savages in a way that makes it sound as richly engaging and enjoyable as it is. The story sounds bleak: Two unhappy siblings--Wendy (Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me) and Jon Savage (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote)--are forced to grapple with their dying father (Philip Bosco, Damages) as he slips into dementia. But this spare outline doesn't capture the wealth of human detail that the script and performances contain. Linney and Hoffman vividly portray the sort of cluttered, precarious relationship that brothers and sisters can have, thick with past grievances but also unspoken affections and connections that can't even be articulated. As Wendy and Jon struggle to make some kind of peace with their difficult father, watching these wonderfully understated yet compelling actors is a pleasure unto itself. But the script and direction deserve these actors; filmmaker Tamara Jenkins (Slums of Beverly Hills) finds honest emotion and sly, sideways humor in the starkness of mortality. She doesn't force any easy epiphanies on her story, but lets the characters find solace through their own clumsy efforts. Anyone who appreciates the messiness of humanity--the territory that Hollywood movies seem to have surrendered to smart indie films like The Squid and the Whale, Little Children, or The Good Girl--will find The Savages a smart, genuine, and empathic portrait of life. --Bret Fetzer

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Hoffman & Linney. Acting doesn't get much better than this.
Without a doubt, two of the finest actors today, is enough of a draw for me to want to see this movie. While there are certainly people that would choose not to see this movie based on the depressing nature of the subject matter, this is not a sad movie and doesn't attempt to make any statements about the nature of our nursing care system. Instead, one is treated to exceptional acting from two individuals at the top of their profession.

Wendy and John Savage, brother and sister who have grown apart, are thrust together when their father's 20 year girlfriend dies and they are forced to deal with father's dementia. Linney and Hoffman are given a script with wonderfully written dialogue that provides the right emotional balance between heartache and laughter. I did not expect ... Read More

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- Touching and empathetic slice of life
This film dealt with how an elder's deterioration affects his middle-aged children. While the characters of the brother and sister are self-centred and somewhat dysfunctional, they both step up to bat to take over the care of their elderly father when his dementia causes a crisis that unfolds with the death of his common-law spouse (the one with the money) out West in the retirement community of Sun City, AZ This is all the more surprising and commendable since the script alludes to the fact that both parents of the siblings had ignored them or abandoned them during their formative years.

However, the need to look after someone other than a plant or a cat shakes up both brother and sister. The father dies in the nursing home (a bit too neatly) but the children are redeemed ... Read More

Rating:

- Hoffman and Linney are great here
I liked The Savages. It's a film that allows its characters to be. They can be selfish, petty, disconnected from other people and from deeper feelings; they're not particularly likable or have a winning charm. But the movie still gives them humanity; mixed in with their stark flaws are some decent impulses and moments of laughter, growth and understated connection.

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney in large part make this humanity and sympathy for the characters possible; they become their characters, Jon and Wendy, a brother and sister who suddenly find that they need to care for their estranged father. Hoffman gives Jon a scruffy hyper-intellectuality. He conveys cynicism, boredom, and skepticism with a single deadpan look; he can make himself look wonderfully pained ... Read More

Rating:

- I love this movie!
Savages is one of the best movies I've seen in years. I cried, laughed, connected and appreciated. It's very human and shows us what it means to be a family. It can be depressing. My boy friend didn't like it but for me watching Savages was like reading a really good, deep, touching novel.

Sj

Rating:

- Not since American Beauty...
Not since American Beauty have I seen a film this engaging. Some excellent performances punched with very creative direction sets this movie apart. Hoffman has acted very well but the true star of the movie is Laura Linney in a performance of a lifetime.

The story is as relevant as any. I won't talk much about the story not because I don't want to tell you, I don't know how to tell you about it. The music in the film deserves a soundtrack, the sets and the locations are absolutely marvelous.

Overall, a highly highly recommended film.

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