| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | THE SAVAGES (2007) |
| Director | Tamara Jenkins |
| Writer | Tamara Jenkins |
| Lead Actor | Laura Linney |
| Cast | Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman, David Zayas, Gbenga Akinnagbe |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama |
| Release Date | December 26, 2007 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 53m (113 min) |
| Budget | $9 million (estimated) |
| Language | English |
| IMDb Rating | 7.1/10 |
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THE SAVAGES
Aspiring Manhattan playwright Wendy Savage (Laura Linney, Kinsey) learns that her elderly father, Lenny (Philip Bosco, Damages), who lives in Arizona, is showing signs of dementia. She phones her brother, Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War), a drama professor who lives in Buffalo, about their father. Now Wendy and Jon, who seem to have raised themselves, must take care of their father, who has not communicated with his kids for 20 years.
Wendy, who doesn’t have a life or a job, is having an affair with a married man. And Jon will not commit to his Polish girlfriend, whose visa has expired. Forced to work together to take care of their father, the siblings behave alternately like brats, adolescents and, eventually, adults.
Writer/director Tamara Jenkins (Slums of Beverly Hills), nominated for an Oscar for this screenplay, frames the story using the German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht’s dramatic theory that privileges narrative over plot. (Jon is an expert on Brecht.)
This film reflects the lives of ordinary people, especially when the time comes for grown children and their parents to change places. There isn’t much of a plot, compared to other films, but there is some very fine acting and a sober yet life-affirming meditation for late baby boomers who are now coming of age. (Laura Linney, who has been nominated for an Oscar for her role in this film, portrays Abigail Adams in the new HBO miniseries John Adams, based on David McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography.) Problem sexuality and language.
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