Saturday, April 26, 2008

THE SAVAGES (PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, LAURA LINNEY;2007)


THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE WHO'VE WALKED THIS PLANET THAT HAVE TRULY FOUND THEIR CALLING AND MASTERED THEIR RESPECTIVE CRAFTS. THERE'S JESUS CHRIST, WHO GOT SIDE TRACKED WITH THE WHOLE SON OF GOD THING, BUT HE COULD TURN A 2X4 INTO THE TAJ MAHAL. THERE'S JENNA JAMESON WHO COULD SUCK THE EXPLOSION OUT OF DYNOMITE. THERE'S TOM CRUISE WHO'S BEHAVIOR SINGLE-HANDEDLY REINFORCES OUR CONSTITUTION (NAMELY THE RIGHT TO BARE ARMS)....AND THEN THERE'S PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, WHO MIGHT BE THE ONLY ACTOR TO HONESTLY DESERVE A SPOT IN THE 20-MILLION-A-MOVIE CLUB. I'D PAY TEN DOLLARS TO WATCH THIS GUY BRUSH HIS TEETH. THE SAVAGES IS AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT FOCUSES ON THE UNFORTUNATE EMOTIONAL DISTANCES THAT CAN ONLY DEVELOP BETWEEN FAMILY AND LOVED ONES, AND THE DRASTIC CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MUST OFTEN OCCUR TO RECOGNIZE WHO REALLY LOVES AND CARES ABOUT YOU. THE SAVAGES DELIVERS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES WHICH ARE ONLY MADE MORE COLOURFUL AND CRISP BY THE SCRIPT'S INTELLIGENT, FIERCE, AND SUBTLE COMEDIC UNDERTONES.

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