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The Savages

2007 · 114 min

A quietly devastating and wryly funny look at family duty, with sharp performances and a tender, unsentimental honesty.

Tagline
There's a moment in everyone's life when childhood ends and adulthood begins. For Jon and Wendy Savage, that moment is now.
Overview
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • aging
  • isolation
  • guilt
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism9
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Tamara Jenkins
Written by
Tamara Jenkins
Starring
Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman, David Zayas, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Cara Seymour, Tonye Patano
Music
Stephen Trask
Cinematography
W. Mott Hupfel III
Runtime
114 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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