Call me hokey if you want
Call me hokey if you want. I just would have liked more heart in there somewhere. But the acting is superb and its worth seeing just for that. By no means watch this over the holidays but pursue its scholarly merit on safe ground. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney are typically superb as a brother and sister brought together to care for their aging father in Tamara Jenkins acute, if sometimes sluggish, follow-up to Slums of Beverly Hills. The Savages dvd A richly nuanced American comedy, with two acting talents working at their absolute peak. The sad reality of aging and the picture of adults who still need a push in the right direction are rarely so keenly observed and honestly delivered. Tamara Jenkins writing and direction are superb. The Savages, writer/director Tamara Jenkinss second film, is easily the best comedy of the year.
