Fresh
Linney and Hoffman are both terrific, and Jenkins's script is pointed and perceptive, but the film's arc is a little flat.
Christopher Orr, The New Republic
The Savages
There's a moment in everyone's life when childhood ends and adulthood begins. For Jon and Wendy Savage, that moment is now.
2007 · 1h 54m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Tamara Jenkins
Overview
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's billed as a comedy. You may or may not find much to laugh at.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh
A goo-free comedy.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Fresh
Powerful, painful and yet unerringly funny as it points out our emotional and physical vulnerabilities, this is a film that finds the humor in tragedy while keeping both omnipresent.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
The Savages not only boasts Oscar-worthy performances from Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney as a self-absorbed brother and sister, its attention to detail makes it sweetly funny and genuine.
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
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