A black comedy about a middle-aged brother and sister (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney) who've never quite grown up...
A black comedy about a middle-aged brother and sister (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney) who've never quite grown up but are suddenly obliged to care for an increasingly out-of-it father who never really cared for them.
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90 %173 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
75 %135,368 reviewsAudience score rating
"Philip Seymour Hoffman (Magnolia, Capote) is just about the best character actor in Hollywood. Laura Linney (You Can Count On Me, The Squid And The Whale) is pretty much Queen of the indie scene. Give them a chance to bounce off one another in a pin-sharp comedy drama and it's quite something."
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Flicks"Jenkins brings a rigor, intelligence and eye for the slightly absurd to the proceedings that is instantly disarming."
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Variety
Variety"Tamara Jenkins’s The Savages, is a beautifully nuanced tragicomedy about two floundering souls."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Shrewd and unshowy family tragi-comedy with the best two American screen actors alive."
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New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald"A brutal encounter with mortality told with uncommon humanity, wit and humor."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"It is more sad-funny than funny-funny, but Jenkins has enough empathy and wit to realize that even the sad parts are, somehow, funny."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"The interaction between Hoffman and Linney makes following their characters from their winter of hard experience to a spring of renewed hope well worth the while."
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Film Threat
Film Threat"A richly nuanced American comedy, with two acting talents working at their absolute peak."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineThe Savages | Details
- Runtime
- 113
- Genre
- Country of origin
- USA
