Tamara Jenkins' second film, after the equally wonderful though not as mature "Slums of Beverly Hills," is a reckoning, a brutal encounter with mortality told with uncommon humanity, wit and humor. Jon Savage (Philip Seymour Hoffman) gets a middle-of-the-night call from his sister, Wendy (Laura Linney), informing him that their father (Philip Bosco) has been scrawling nasty messages on the bathroom wall with his feces. Jenkins has called it a "coming of middle age story," about siblings who are forced to grow up when their father becomes a child. LA Times capsule review"The Savages" Synopsis
Wendy Savage (Laura Linney), a struggling playwright, has little to do with her brother, Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a college professor and author. However, the siblings must find a way to work together when their aged father, Lenny (Philip Bosco), slides into senility and must be placed in a nursing home.
Opened November 28, 2007 Runtime: 1 hr. 53 min.
Rated R
Cast: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman, David Zayas
Director: Tamara Jenkins
Genres: Comedy Drama, Medical Drama, Family Drama, Domestic Comedy
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