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The Savages

The Savages

Drama · Comedy · 2007

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

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The Savages

“There's a moment in everyone's life when childhood ends and adulthood begins. For Jon and Wendy Savage, that moment is now.”

2007 Drama · Comedy 1h 54m

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TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tamara Jenkins

Written by

Tamara Jenkins

Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Wendy Savage

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Jon Savage

Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Lenny Savage

Peter Friedman

Peter Friedman

Larry

David Zayas

David Zayas

Eduardo

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Jimmy

Cara Seymour

Cara Seymour

Kasia

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.