A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
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★★★★★
This film, along with "Away from Her" are the best elder-films I've seen all year (2007).
There is an honesty to the movie about a brother and sister relationship that is genuine and heart warming. Philip Seymour Hoffman (Jon, the professor) and Laura Linney...
★★★★★
Any film that features Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman is certainly worth seeing, and the acting in "The Savages" is excellent, not only by Linney and Hoffman but by Philip Bosco who plays their father, Lenny, an elderly man suffering from dementia. Th...
★★★★★
If you look for honesty portrayed in film, you can't do much better than The Savages. This is an example of the type of film that rarely sees the light of day, simply because it refuses to compromise. Despite it's grim subject matter, there is plenty of humor...
★★★★★
This film is about how two brothers and sisters react to their father's development of dementia, and the subsequent deterioration of his mental condition.
"The Savages" is a real and authentic film. It uses the pain of dealing with dementia as a backdrop, to...
★★★★★
The Savages (2007) was written and directed by Tamara Jenkins. Jenkins gets everything right in this film about three family members who barely connect with each other. Laura Linney plays Wendy Savage--a NYC playwright who works as a temp and waits for an arti...
