The Savages (film) - Wikipedia

The Savages is a 2007 American black comedy-drama film written and directed by Tamara Jenkins. It stars Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, ... TheSavages(film) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 2007filmbyTamaraJenkins TheSavagesTheatricalreleaseposterbyChrisWare[1]DirectedbyTamaraJenkinsWrittenbyTamaraJenkinsProducedby TedHope AnneCarey EricaWestheimer Starring LauraLinney PhilipSeymourHoffman PhilipBosco CinematographyMottHupfelEditedbyBrianA.KatesMusicbyStephenTraskProductioncompanies Thisisthat AdHominemEnterprises LoneStarFilmGroup Cooper'sTownProductions DistributedbyFoxSearchlightPicturesReleasedates January 19, 2007 (2007-01-19)(Sundance) November 28, 2007 (2007-11-28)(UnitedStates) Runningtime113minutesCountryUnitedStatesLanguageEnglishBudget$8million[2]Boxoffice$10.6million[3] TheSavagesisa2007Americanblackcomedy-dramafilmwrittenanddirectedbyTamaraJenkins.ItstarsLauraLinney,PhilipSeymourHoffman,andPhilipBosco. Ithaditsworldpremiereatthe2007SundanceFilmFestivalonJanuary19,2007.ItwasreleasedonNovember28,2007,byFoxSearchlightPictures.Itreceivedcriticalacclaim.Atthe80thAcademyAwards,itearnedtwonominations:BestActress(forLinney)andBestOriginalScreenplay(forJenkins).Atthe65thGoldenGlobeAwards,itwasnominatedforBestActorinaMusicalorComedy(forSeymourHoffman). Contents 1Plot 2Cast 3Reception 3.1Criticalreception 4Awards 5References 6Externallinks Plot[edit] Afterdriftingapartemotionallyovertheyears,twosinglesiblings—Jon(PhilipSeymourHoffman)andWendy(LauraLinney),theyoungerofthetwo—bandtogethertocarefortheirestranged,elderlyfather,Lenny(PhilipBosco),whoisrapidlyslippingintodementia.WendyandJonfirsttraveltoSunCity,Arizonatoattendthefuneraloftheirfather'sgirlfriendof20years.Whentheyarrive,theyaretoldthattheirfathersignedanon-marriageagreementandwillnothaverightstoanyofherproperty.TheythenmovehimtoanursinghomeinBuffalo,whereJonisatheaterprofessorworkingonabookaboutBertoltBrecht.Wendy,whoisanaspiring,butunsuccessful,playwright,movesfromNewYorkCitytohelpestablishtheirfatherinBuffalo. NeitherofthesiblingsisclosewithLenny.ItisimpliedthathewasaphysicallyandemotionallyabusivefatherwhenJonandWendyweregrowingupandtheycuthimoutoftheirlives.Theywerealsoabandonedbytheirmotheratayoungage.TheirdysfunctionalfamilylifeappearstohaveleftWendyandJonemotionallycrippledandunabletosustainarelationship.Sheissleepingwithanunattainablemarriedman13yearsherseniorandJoncannotcommittoaPolishwomanwhomustreturntoKrakówafterhervisaexpires. Theirvisitstothenursinghomeandtheirfather'seventualdeathallowthemtoreevaluatetheirlivesandtogrowemotionally.Intheend,Wendyhasbrokenupwithhermarriedlover,buthasadoptedhisdog,whichhehadplannedtoputdown.Sheisalsoseenworkingontheproductionofherplayabouttheirterriblechildhood,whileJonisleavingforaconferenceinPolandwhereitissuggestedhemayreconnectwiththewomanhehadletgo.ThefilmcloseswithWendyrunningwithherlover'sdogalive,runningwiththeaidofawheeledhipcast,suggestingamodeofflawedyetperseveringlifeforbothsiblings. Cast[edit] LauraLinneyasWendySavage PhilipSeymourHoffmanasJonSavage PhilipBoscoasLennySavage PeterFriedmanasLarry GuyBoydasBillLachman DebraMonkasNancyLachman MargoMartindaleasRoz RosemaryMurphyasDorisMetzger DavidZayasasEduardo GbengaAkinnagbeasJimmy TonyePatanoasMrs.Robinson CaraSeymourasKasia KristineNielsenasNurse Reception[edit] Criticalreception[edit] Thefilmreceivedveryfavorablereviewsfromcritics.AsofOctober21,2020,thereviewaggregatorRottenTomatoesreportedthat89%ofcriticsgavethefilmpositivereviews,basedon169reviews,andanaverageratingof7.46/10.Thesite'sconsensusstates:"Thankstoatender,funnyscriptfromdirectorTamaraJenkins,andfineperformancesfromPhilipSeymourHoffmanandLauraLinney,thisfilmdeliversanuanced,beautifullythree-dimensionallookatthestrugglesandcomfortsoffamilybonds."[4]Metacriticreportedthefilmhadanaveragescoreof85outof100,basedon35reviews,indicating"universalacclaim".[5] Timemagazine'sRichardSchickelnamedthefilm#7ofhisTop10Moviesof2007,andpraisesboththecastandwriter-director:Theseactorsareunimprovableas,somehow,theyfindacertaindecencyunderthepressureoftheirgrindingfamilialchore,areasontohopethatslightlybetterdaysmaybeaheadforthemoncetheirdutyhasbeendone.Writer-directorTamaraJenkinsislessinterestedinheroicallyinspiringusthansheisinshowingusthevaluestobefoundinthemoremodestformsofdutifulness.[6] Thefilmappearedonmanycritics'top10listsofthebestfilmsof2007.[7] 1st-CarinaChocano,LosAngelesTimes(tiedwithTheDivingBellandtheButterfly) 3rd-EllaTaylor,LAWeekly(tiedwithAwayfromHer) 3rd-SheriLinden,TheHollywoodReporter 5th-DavidEdelstein,NewYorkmagazine 5th-MarjorieBaumgarten,TheAustinChronicle 6th-LawrenceToppman,TheCharlotteObserver 7th-KirkHoneycutt,TheHollywoodReporter 7th-PeterHartlaub,SanFranciscoChronicle 7th-RichardSchickel,TIMEmagazine 8th-FrankScheck,TheHollywoodReporter 8th-NathanRabin,TheA.V.Club 8th-RayBennett,TheHollywoodReporter 9th-A.O.Scott,TheNewYorkTimes(tiedwithAwayfromHer) 10th-CarrieRickey,ThePhiladelphiaInquirer 10th-ManohlaDargis,TheNewYorkTimes(7-waytie) Awards[edit] 80thAcademyAwards AcademyAwardforBestActress(LauraLinney) AcademyAwardforBestOriginalScreenplay(TamaraJenkins) CentralOhioFilmCriticsAssociationAwards ActoroftheYear(PhilipSeymourHoffman)--WON(Alsofor:BeforetheDevilKnowsYou'reDeadandCharlieWilson'sWar) ChicagoFilmCriticsAssociationAwards BestActress(LauraLinney) BestScreenplay,Original(TamaraJenkins) 65thGoldenGlobeAwards BestPerformancebyanActorinaMotionPicture–MusicalorComedy(PhilipSeymourHoffman) GothamAwards BestEnsembleCast(PhilipBosco,PhilipSeymourHoffman,LauraLinney) IndependentSpiritAwards BestCinematography(W.MottHupfelIII) BestDirector(TamaraJenkins) BestMaleLead(PhilipSeymourHoffman)--WON BestScreenplay(TamaraJenkins)--WON LondonCriticsCircleFilmAwards ActressoftheYear(LauraLinney) LosAngelesFilmCriticsAssociationAwards BestScreenplay(TamaraJenkins)--WON NationalSocietyofFilmCriticsAwards BestScreenplay(TamaraJenkins)--WON NilssonAwardsforFilm BestPicture BestActorinaLeadingRole(PhilipSeymourHoffman) BestActressinaLeadingRole(LauraLinney) BestActorinaSupportingRole(PhilipBosco) BestOriginalScreenplay(TamaraJenkins) BestCast BestOriginalScore OnlineFilmCriticsSocietyAwards BestActress(LauraLinney) SanFranciscoFilmCriticsCircleAwards BestScreenplay-Original(TamaraJenkins)--WON SatelliteAwards BestActressinaMotionPicture,Drama(LauraLinney) WomenFilmCriticsCircleAwards BestActress(LauraLinney)--WON WritersGuildofAmericaAwards BestOriginalScreenplay(TamaraJenkins) References[edit] ^"ChrisWare's'Savages'PosterIsGorgeous".Vulture.Retrieved2019-12-06. ^Lim,Dennis(November4,2007)."UnblinkingLookatDeathWithoutNobility".TheNewYorkTimes.RetrievedApril18,2020. ^"TheSavages".BoxOfficeMojo.RetrievedApril18,2020. ^"TheSavages-RottenTomatoes".RottenTomatoes.Retrieved2008-01-05. ^"Savages,The(2007):Reviews".Metacritic.Retrieved2008-01-05. ^Schickel,Richard(9December2007)."Top10Everythingof2007-TIME".Time.com.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonDecember12,2007.Retrieved6October2017. ^"Metacritic:2007FilmCriticTopTenLists".Metacritic.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2008-02-23.Retrieved2008-02-25. 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