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Summary The Savages is an irreverent look at family, love and mortality as seen through the lens of one of modern life’s most bewildering and challenging experiences: when adult siblings find themselves plucked from their everyday, self-centered lives to care for an estranged elderly parent. (Fox Searchlight)

Directed By: Tamara Jenkins

Written By: Tamara Jenkins

The Savages
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 37 Critic Reviews
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85
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 50 User Ratings
7.5
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Summary The Savages is an irreverent look at family, love and mortality as seen through the lens of one of modern life’s most bewildering and challenging experiences: when adult siblings find themselves plucked from their everyday, self-centered lives to care for an estranged elderly parent. (Fox Searchlight)

Directed By: Tamara Jenkins

Written By: Tamara Jenkins

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 37 Critic Reviews
85
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 37 Critic Reviews
85
100% Positive
37 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
0 Reviews

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 50 User Ratings
7.5
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40 Ratings
16% Mixed
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4% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 50 User Ratings
7.5
80% Positive
40 Ratings
16% Mixed
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4% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Fox Searchlight Pictures, Lone Star Film Group, This Is That Productions, Ad Hominem Enterprises, Cooper's Town Productions, Savage Productions.
Release Date Nov 28, 2007
Duration 1 h 54 m
Rating R
Academy Awards, USA
2 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
1 Nomination
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations