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Synopsis

In her irreverent, hilarious and heartbreaking story revolving around a modern American family, writer/director Tamara Jenkins (Slums of Beverly Hills) portrays an all-too-common dilemma: After drifting apart emotionally and geographically over the years, two siblings—Wendy (Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me) and Jon (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote)—must band together to care for an elderly parent (Philip Bosco) who is beginning to show signs of senility.

Film Information

• Genre: Comedy / Drama
• Director: Tamara Jenkins
• Written By: Tamara Jenkins
• Starring: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Philip Bosco
• Running Time: 113 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: R for some sexuality and language
• Language: English
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Reviews

"The Savages is terrific -- a movie of uncommon appreciation for the nature and nurture that go into making us who we are, a perfectly calibrated drama both compassionate and unsentimental."

   - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

"A brutal encounter with mortality told with uncommon humanity, wit and humor."

   - Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times

"This movie provides no phony catharsis or closure; it develops a vision of people growing in spurts from their most terrible mistakes."

   - Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun

"I wouldn't call the film inspirational -- it is too well observed to succumb to easy sentiment -- but its realism is patiently engaging and subtly insinuating. And Linney and Hoffman are extraordinary."

   - Richard Schickel, Time

"What makes the movie memorable is the precision of its tone, its finely calibrated combination of bitterness and warmth. Of course the acting is tremendous, and you'd expect nothing less."

   - Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

Showtimes

• Wednesday, January 16th
  7:00 pm
• Thursday, January 17th
  9:45 pm
• Friday, January 18th
  4:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Saturday, January 19th
  2:00 pm, 4:30 pm, 9:45 pm
• Sunday, January 20th
  4:45 pm, 7:15 pm
• Monday, January 21st
  7:00 pm, 9:30 pm
• Tuesday, January 22nd
  4:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Wednesday, January 23rd
  4:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Thursday, January 24th
  7:00 pm
• Friday, January 25th
  4:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Saturday, January 26th
  2:00 pm, 4:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Sunday, January 27th
  2:00 pm, 4:30 pm
• Monday, January 28th
  4:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Tuesday, January 29th
  7:00 pm