The Savages
Let's hope he falls for the old 'stiff neck' ruse...
A brother and sister have drifted apart since childhood. Their dad is living in an old age home, with a girlfriend, when he starts to lose his mind. Reluctantly, the two kids decide to move him closer to where they stay, and put in into a nursing home where he will be cared for. Dad gave the two of them a hard time as kids, so the situation is rather delicate. As the children are forced to co-operate for the first time in years, old wounds are opened, made more painful by dad's worsening condition.
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Credits Cast
Laura Linney , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Philip Bosco , Peter Friedman , David Zayas , Gbenga Akinnagbe , Cara Seymour
Director
Tamara Jenkins
Screenplay Tamara Jenkins Music Stephen Trask Cinematography W. Mott Hupfel III Editing Brian A. Kates Sound formats Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS Soundtrack Not available Made in 2007 Produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures, Lone Star Film Group, This Is That Productions, Ad Hominen Enterprises, Cooper's Town Productions
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FPB Report (SA) Genre Drama Language Strong, fairly frequent, in contex, mild impact Nudity None Sex Brief infrequent sexual innuendos and implied sex Violence None, but sustained emotional intensity Prejudice None Blasphemy None Drug abuse None Comments None These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB . Read the Classification Guidelines .
ScreenIt Report (USA) Sex / Nudity Violence Blood / Gore / Gross Guns / Profanity Alcohol / Drugs Smoking Disrespectful / Imitative Behaviour Frightening / Jump Scenes Tense Family Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Topics to talk about
Ratings Scale (Max) 20
South African Media Cape Argus/The Star Lara de Matos 5
Cape Times Anthony Quinn 15
The Citizen Peter Feldman 14
International Media BBC (UK) Anna Smith 10
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert 18
eye Weekly (Canada) Jason Anderson 10
ReelViews (USA) James Berardinelli 15
Rolling Stone (US) Peter Travers 18
ScreenIt (USA) 12
Metacritic.com 37 critics 17
RottenTomatoes.com 139 critics 15
RottenTomatoes.com Tomatometer 18
Internet (IMDB) 2184 Netizens 16
Average .. 70% 14
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