The Savages Digital Life DVD

The Savages
starring: Philip Bosco, Guy Boyd, Maddie Corman, Peter Frechette, Michael Higgins

List Price: $27.98

Amazon.com's Price: $11.49

You Save: $16.49 (59%)
Prices subject to change.

Used Price: $3.49
Collectible Price: $27.98
Third Party New Price: $9.68

Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: SAVAGES - WIDESCREEN (DVD MOVIE)
EAN: 0024543506799
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Twentieth Century Fox
Manufacturer: Twentieth Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Running Time: 114 minutes
Sales Rank: 3956
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2007

Digital Life
Related Items:

Digital Life
Editorial Review:

Description:
Academy Award winnerÂ(r) Philip Seymour Hoffman* and Academy AwardÂ(r) nominee Laura Linney** deliver unforgettable performances in this hilarious coming-of-middle age story from OscarÂ(r) -nominated writer / director Tamara Jenkins***. Until recently, all John and Wendy Savage (Hoffman, Linney) had in common were a lousy childhood and a few strands of DNA. But after years of drifting apart, they're forced to band together to care for the elderly, cantankerous father who made their formative 'challenging.' In the process, both of these aimless, perpetually adolescent fortysomethings may just, at long last, have to grow up! *2005: Best Actor, Capote **2007: Best Actress, The Savages; 2004 Best Supporting Actress, Kinsey; 2000: Best Actress, You Can Count on Me. ***2007: Best Original Screenplay, The Savages.

Amazon.com:
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 and connections that can't even be articulated. As Wendy and Jon struggle to make some kind of peace with their difficult father, watching these wonderfully understated yet compelling actors is a pleasure unto itself. But the script and direction deserve these actors; filmmaker Tamara Jenkins (Slums of Beverly Hills) finds honest emotion and sly, sideways humor in the starkness of mortality. She doesn't force any easy epiphanies on her story, but lets the characters find solace through their own clumsy efforts. Anyone who appreciates the messiness of humanity--the territory that Hollywood movies seem to have surrendered to smart indie films like The Squid and the Whale, Little Children, or The Good Girl--will find The Savages a smart, genuine, and empathic portrait of life. --Bret Fetzer

Beyond The Savages

More from Philip Seymour Hoffman

More Comedies from Fox

Stills from The Savages

Digital Life Reviews

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- 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 to sacrifice 30 minutes of your life to endure the first 4 scenes, with such expectations as to further urudite your future experiences regarding your decaying and disfunctional family, THEN PLEASE WATCH THIS FILM.

WARNING, I couldn't make it through my dinner, while watching the first 20 minutes. Some might praise this film for it's depiction of reality, which many films avoid, ... Read More

Rating:

- 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 taking better care of him," says Jon, "than he did of us." Lenny suffers from dementia and "disinhibition." Jon is 42 and single, has high cholesterol, and just lost his Polish girlfriend. Wendy is 39 and single, has a boyfriend who's married, pops Xanax for her nerves, and hopes to jump start her freelance writing career with a grant. Writer and director Tamara Jenkins was nominated for an Oscar for combining ... Read More

Rating:

- 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.

It averts its gaze from none of the practical and emotional issues met by everyone whose family members live so long. From scatological problems to the appalling reality of nursing homes to the pressures of guilt, it covers the bases. It does punctuate it with moments of humor and sprinkles knowingly wry observations of sibling dynamics throughout. But there are no saccharine reconciliations or dramatic ... Read More

Rating:

- 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.

Digital Life

Digital Life is all about
CD's DVD's Music Video Concerts Movies and Software

DVD : The Savages
Digital Life Average Rating:

Digital Life is all about CD's DVD's Music Video Concerts Movies and Software

DVD : The Savages Digital Life Average Rating:

Digital Life is all about
CD's DVD's Music Video Concerts Movies and Software

DVD : The Savages
Digital Life Average Rating: