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Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney emotionally eviscerate you in a nursing home parking lot. Bring tissues.
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IMDb
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Audience Score
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The Savages (2007)

cringe-inducing family realismgallows humorachingly specific

Overview

ComedyDrama

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

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Content warning
familysibling relationshipwoman directordepressionparent child relationshipdomestic violencedaughterbrotheralienationprofessor+5 more

Standout Aspects

Acting

Linney and Hoffman's sibling chemistry is uncomfortably perfect.

Writing

Jenkins' script finds comedy in the mortifying logistics of death.

Direction

Tamara Jenkins makes Buffalo look like emotional purgatory.

Best for:Solo: When you need to ugly-cry about your own parents in private.·Date Night: Only if you're both therapy-regulars who bond through trauma.·Streaming: Pause frequently to text your sibling 'are we gonna be okay?'
Heads up:Emotional: Dementia decline shown in raw, unflinching detail.
Tamara Jenkins

Director

Tamara Jenkins

ReleasedNov 28, 2007
Runtime1h 54m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelheavy
Revenue$10.7M
This is that
Fox Searchlight Pictures

Top Cast

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

Tonye Patano

Tonye Patano

Ms. Robinson

Guy Boyd

Guy Boyd

Bill Lachman

Debra Monk

Debra Monk

Nancy Lachman

Rosemary Murphy

Rosemary Murphy

Doris Metzger

Joan Jaffe

Joan Jaffe

Lizzie

Salem Ludwig

Salem Ludwig

Mr. Sperry

Peter Frechette

Peter Frechette

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Trivia

Tamara Jenkins wrote the script after her own father entered a nursing home; she spent years workshopping it at Sundance labs while working on 'Slums of Beverly Hills.'

Cultural

The film captures a specific 2007 anxiety: educated, artistic thirtysomethings realizing their boomer parents are mortal and they can't afford to care for them.

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