The Savages
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- Synopsis
- A pair of siblings are forced to set aside their discomfort with one another for the sake of their father in this low-key comedy drama from writer/director Tamara Jenkins....
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- Director(s)
- Tamara Jenkins
- Distributor(s)
- Fox Searchlight
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 115 min.
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A brutal encounter with mortality told with uncommon humanity, wit and humor.Read the full review
The Savages is terrific -- a movie of uncommon appreciation for the nature and nurture that go into making us who we are, a perfectly calibrated drama both compassionate and unsentimental.Read the full review
Bringing a tough, astringent wit to a subject too often wrapped in the cozy blanket of sentimentality or cute humor, Tamara Jenkins takes a frank look at the indignities of aging in The Savages, a black comedy that invites viewers to laugh or at least smile ruefully at the dying of the light.Read the full review
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