Metacritic Movie Ratings
The Savages Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  The Savages is terrific -- a movie of uncommon appreciation for the nature and nurture that go into making us who we are, a perfectly calibrated drama both compassionate and unsentimental.

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• 100

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

  A brutal encounter with mortality told with uncommon humanity, wit and humor.

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• 90

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  Jenkins brings a rigor, intelligence and eye for the slightly absurd to the proceedings that is instantly disarming.

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• 90

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Tamara Jenkins's The Savages, is a beautifully nuanced tragicomedy about two floundering souls.

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• 90

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  It is more sad-funny than funny-funny, but Jenkins has enough empathy and wit to realize that even the sad parts are, somehow, funny.

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• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Both Linney and Hoffman are so specific in creating these characters that we see them as people, not elements in a plot. Hoffman in particular shows how many disguises he has within his seemingly immutable presence; would you know it is the same actor here and in two other films this season, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" and "Charlie Wilson's War"?

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• 88

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  While the film is heart-wrenchingly sad, it also is mordantly funny, uncomfortably prickly and above all, unflinching in its depiction of a believable sibling relationship.

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