Review of The Savages (2007) by Millo T — 06 Jan 2015

It is maybe true that Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman are two of the best actors of its generation (as critics say), and Linney has not an Oscar yet because she did not have the perfect role. It is maybe true that this story talks about the inside of the people.

However, the problem is that, in this sad drama, you can know what is going to happen from the beginning: mid-life crisis, the drama of getting old, conflicts between parents and sons. So, not more than you expected in a hard movie, difficult to watch because of the though issue it talks about.

If you do not care about that, it is OK for you, but maybe a little depressing until character which (all or them) are not white or black at all but are full of a dull, very realistic grey. Very correct soundtrack, even very good, I would say.