The Savages film has outstanding quality

The Savages

Director: Tamara Jenkins

Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Laura Linney, Peter Friedman, Philip Bosco

Cert: 15

A film – with three exceptional performances from Hoffman, Linney and Bosco – full of humanity and heart as a brother and sister return to look after the ailing father to whom they were never very close to begin with … and who treated them badly in their youth.

How, the film asks, do you undertake such a task surrounded by such baggage?

There is a deep feeling of human love behind what is a film of outstanding quality.

Star Rating: 4/5