Scabrously funny at times, but even the humor comes from its reckoning with the ugliness of life.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 30, 2022

The Savages underscores in a humane manner how disposable the elderly are in America and how burdened and neglected their caregivers.

| Mar 5, 2021

[Director and screenwriter Tamara Jenkins'] great dramatic achievement is in the continuous and subtle changes of tone. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 5, 2020

Hoffman humanizes a character who probably needs more years of therapy than he has years left.

| Oct 28, 2020

I laugh, I'm saddened and I also reflect with the protagonists who are wonderfully play by Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 23, 2020

A brutally honest look at a dysfunctional family that features outstanding performances from Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

| Original Score: B | Oct 29, 2019

An extremely rewarding film, a dark comedy that balances its acerbic wit with something much more profound and ultimately exhilarating - life in all of its beautiful, painful glory.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 6, 2019

What it lacks in hard aesthetics, The Savages makes up for in exquisite human moments.

| Jul 12, 2016

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2011

We could say that The Savages is a social-problem drama about senile dementia and nursing homes, but that's a little like saying The 400 Blows is about school truancy.

| Apr 28, 2011

One rummages vainly through tics in search of genuine emotion

| Aug 27, 2009

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 1, 2008

Exploring ground laid out many times before, The Savages is at times frustrating and at times emotional film that could have used a re-write.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 30, 2008

Linney and Hoffman are both terrific, and Jenkins's script is pointed and perceptive, but the film's arc is a little flat.

| Sep 22, 2008

Jenkins fans looking for the irreverent humor of Slums need not apply.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 8, 2008

Having the talent of Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman isn't enough.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 4, 2008

It could have been shortened a bit, I didn't think the material was enough for almost two hours, but if you enjoy dramedy's like SIDEWAYS, give it a try.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 22, 2008

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2008

Tamara Jenkins's film tackles the difficult subject of facing up to an ageing parent's mental and physical demise with overt sensitivity but no punches are spared.

| Jul 18, 2008

This film is immensely rewarding and in its own way exceptionally beautiful.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 18, 2008