The Short List of Things to Do
A guide to what you should see and what you should skip — and what you won't be able to avoid
The Savages
With Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman, how can you go wrong? They play highly literate, highly self-obsessed siblings who have to deal with their estranged father's decline, which brings out the best and worst in them. It's no laughfest, but as a no-warts portrait of people who are still children at 40, it's both cutting and gentle.
Grade: B
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