The Savages

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The Savages
from Twentieth Century Fox
starring Philip Bosco, Guy Boyd, Maddie Corman, Peter Frechette, Michael Higgins

Features:

• AC-3
• Color
• Dolby
• Dubbed

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Aversion to old age disgust
  If you do not enjoy fecal matter and dying seniors as an entertaining evening, even despite the reciprocal potential reality of your own life (unless you're parents are 80+ and soon to be dead) and those dying seniors you may or may not have experienced, then THIS MOVIE IS NOT FOR YOU.
  I was disgusted, please, do not waste your time UNLESS you've over 50 years of age, OR if you are seeking to gain false ficticious comparables for your own aging and soon to be dying parents.
  NOW, if you're willing... more info

• mid-life humor meets family heartache
  When the elderly Lenny has a "toileting incident," and his girl friend Doris dies, his baby boomer children from whom he has been long estranged travel from New York to Sun City, Arizona, to care for their dad. Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Wendy (Laura Linney) relocate Lenny to Buffalo, New York, where they put him in a "nursing home." There are curled family photos to sort through, bingo twice a week, reams of forms to sign, and palpable angst about what they've done and how everyone will cope. "We're... more info

• Pulls very few punches
  Billed as a dark comedy, 'The Savages' is certainly not standard movie fare but I think it's a film that we're richer for having around. Many have tackled end-of-life issues before but very few have done it like this. It is an unsentimental, unapologetic, slice-of-life depiction of two middle aged siblings, Linney (in an Oscar-nominated turn) and Hoffman, managing the rapid mental deterioration and death of their estranged, abusive father and the process - physiological and logistical - that entails.more info

• REAL
  Hoffman is first rate, as always. I've never really been a Linney fan, but I could really relate to this character. Bosco was brilliant. I can only say this film's portrayal of the scenario was REAL. It struck a nerve... was raw, intense, funny at times, ironic. A real treasure of acting and filmmaking.

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