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Genres:
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Comedy /
Drama /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Tamara Jenkins
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Actors:
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Philip Bosco,
Debra Monk,
David Zayas,
Cara Seymour,
Tonye Patano,
Salem Ludwig,
Gbenga Akinnagbe,
Hal Blankenship,
Joan Jaffe,
Sage Kirkpatrick,
Laura Linney,
Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Peter Friedman,
Guy Boyd,
Rosemary Murphy
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Duration:
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114 min.
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Rating:
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(7.4/10)85
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Plot Summary:
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A sister and kinsman face the realities of familial responsibility as they set out to care in spite of their ailing father.
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I loved it!!
Loved it so much decided to write my first review on here.
Great Acting.
Great Script.
Great Direction.
A study of Love, Life and Family.
If you like action, maybe not for you,but as a study of the complexities of human nature it is stunning.
The Savages
Written and directed by Tamara Jenkins The Savages is a wonderfully insightful and humane story about a brother and sister who barely connect with each other on an emotional level , but are thrown into turmoil when the father they haven't seen in years following an emotionally abusive childhood is left to fend for himself when his partner of 20 years dies and he has no recourse to her estate. However there is an added complication as Lenny Savage (Phillip Bosco) has severe dementia and it is left to his children to find him somewhere to live to see his days out.
Enter Wendy Savage(Laura Linney) a budding New york playwright who works as a temp as she waits for an artistic breakthrough. and Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman) her brother who teaches drama a college in Buffalo b...
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