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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: 4648 MPN: 2250679
Product Description: Academy Award winner® Philip Seymour Hoffman and Academy Award® nominee Laura Linney deliver unforgettable performances in this hilarious coming-of-middle age story from Oscar® -nominated writer / director Tamara Jenkins. Until recently all John and Wendy Savage (Hoffman Linney) had in common was 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 years "challenging." In the process both of these aimless perpetually adolescent fortysomethings may just at long last have to grow up!System Requirements:Running Time: 113 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/COMING OF AGE Rating: R UPC: 024543506799 Manufacturer No: 2250679
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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Rating: - Is It Done Yet?
Are we there yet? Can I get that hour of my life back?
It's not nice to "savage" such a highly-acclaimed film about such an important, relevant, timely subject. Movies should be made about ... Read More
Rating: - Well-acted and very human
Fine performances by Linney and Seymour-Hoffman are the main attraction is this movie. They play a brother and sister who shoulder the burden and responsibility of caring for their aged, and once abusive, ... Read More
Rating: - Fine acting, very human
Fine performances by Linney and Seymour-Hoffman key this story about a brother and sister forced to step in and care for their demented father in his final days. It appears the father abused them as children, ... Read More
Rating: - Every aspect of this film fits like a glove...
Let's talk for a minute about the perfect actors for the perfect script. As I watched `The Savages' last night I couldn't help but think that these actors couldn't be better suited for this film. Both Laura Linney ... Read More
Rating: - a timely story--I loved it
I'm glad I didn't see this film first in theaters, but now, a year later when I can laugh all the more at the accuracy of its story about wounded adult children struggling to deal with their dying father. Great acting, ... Read More
- Is It Done Yet?
- Every aspect of this film fits like a glove...