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The Savages
16 years ago at Apr 25 3:17
Great movie with an excellent pairing of Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman as brother and sister. Kind of depressing, with watching the deterioration of the father.
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It's almost impossible to describe The Savages in a way that makes it sound as richly engaging and enjoyable as it is. The story sounds bleak: Two unhappy siblings--Wendy (Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me) and Jon Savage (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote)--are forced to grapple with their dying father (Philip Bosco, Damages) as he slips into dementia. But this spare outline doesn't capture the wealth of human detail that the script and performances contain. Linney and Hoffman vividly portray the sort of cluttered, precarious relationship that brothers and sisters can have, thick with past grievances but also unspoken affections
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Manufacturer: Twentieth Century Fox
Release date: 22 April 2008
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0024543506799 UPC: 024543506799
Release date: 22 April 2008
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0024543506799 UPC: 024543506799
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