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Release: November 28, 2007
Written and Directed by: Tamara Jenkins
Produced by: Ted Hope, Anne Carey and Erica Westheimer
Executive Produced by: Alexander Payne Jim Taylor, Jim Burke, Anthony Bregman, Fred Westheimer
Cast: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco

An irreverent, hilarious and heartbreaking story revolving around a modern American family, THE SAVAGES portrays an all-too-common dilemma: after drifting apart emotionally and geographically over the years, two siblings Wendy (Laura Linney) and Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman) must band together to care for an elderly parent (Philip Bosco).

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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 artistic breakthrough. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays her brother Jon, who teaches drama at a college in Buffalo. Although the siblings aren't particularly hostile towards each other, they clearly don't have a close or affectionate relationship.

A health crisis makes it necessary for the two to travel to Sun City, Arizona, to care for their father. We only see Lenny Savage as an old man with dementia. He's not exactly a warm and loving person as the film opens. Moreover, we learn that he wasn't a great parent before the dementia, either. Both his son and his daughter don't keep in touch with him, nor he with them. Now they have to deal with a crisis that forces them together.

Hoffman and Linney are two of he finest actors on the screen today, and, when they play off against each other, the result is movie magic. Everything rings true--their love/hate relationship, their professional jealousy, and their disapproval of each other's love life. They aren't exactly the two people best suited to make life and death decisions about their father, but that's the reality they face, and they have to deal with it as best they can.

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This is a fantastic film. Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman both deserve to be nominated for Oscars for their portrayals. They complement each other so well, at the same time creating complex individual portraits. Laura Linney deserves to be nominated for her neurotic temp who is going through a mid-life crisis. Her character undergoes a major transformation, and Ms. Linney makes it completely believable through every scene. There are wonderful subtle touches throughout the entire film. If you want to see great acting, then this is the film of the season for you.

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