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

Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Offman in

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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