The Savages

I've had an inadvertent mini Philip Seymour Hoffman film festival, since he's in this film, too. The Savages are a brother and sister, adult "children" whose abusive father has senile dementia. It sounds glum, but isn't as glum as the other one, which is good. I liked the film a lot, and thought the actor, Philip Bosco, playing the father was amazing, although it was the actress playing the daughter who received an Academy Award nomination. His performance is seamless and so believable that I bet it was easy to overlook.

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