The Savages **
Tamara Jenkins, 2007
US
@ Clearview Chelsea
Reviewers have made much of the elderly father here, noting that he's not lovably ornery or anything like you normally get with characters of advanced age in most comedies. I was thus expecting him to be over-the-top mean, but instead he just kind of makes perfect sense as an unhappy but mostly resigned about the approach of death.
This is kind of a nice contrast, for me, to Michael Clayton. Here I felt like we really were experiencing adult situations with mature characters in a fairly novel way for Hollywood, whereas with the George Clooney vehicle, it seemed pretty well-trod territory.
See also: IMDb | Metacritic
Tamara Jenkins, 2007
US
@ Clearview Chelsea
Reviewers have made much of the elderly father here, noting that he's not lovably ornery or anything like you normally get with characters of advanced age in most comedies. I was thus expecting him to be over-the-top mean, but instead he just kind of makes perfect sense as an unhappy but mostly resigned about the approach of death.
This is kind of a nice contrast, for me, to Michael Clayton. Here I felt like we really were experiencing adult situations with mature characters in a fairly novel way for Hollywood, whereas with the George Clooney vehicle, it seemed pretty well-trod territory.
See also: IMDb | Metacritic
Labels: 2 Stars, 2007, Tamara Jenkins, US
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