THE SAVAGES (2007)

Cast

Plot

Two New York based siblings, would-be playwright Wendy and book writing theatre professor Jon, must put their self-absorption aside and band together to care for their cantankerous old dad. A painfully funny, sharp, witty script and, in turns, a heartbreaking story dealing with ageing, compromise and death in modern American family dynamics, with two predictably fine performances from Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman.