These are fascinating three-dimensional individuals brought into the foreground
04.29.08 - 01:13pm
These are fascinating, three-dimensional individuals brought into the foreground by a pair of todays finest actors. Darkly hilarious, Tamara Jenkins The Savages dvd captures the cruel demographic joke facing many boomers who are forced to take care of aging parents at a point when they havent entirely figured out their own lives. Hoffman and Linneys great skill shows in their picking up on the nuances of sibling hierarchy and habits borne of years and familiarity. Both Linney and Hoffman are so specific in creating these characters that we see them as people, not elements in a plot. Writer-director Tamara Jenkins allows the movie its real-life bitterness without pushing it over into despair. The moral is: Dont get sick and dont get old.