Wendy Savage(Linney), is an aspiring playwright living in New York city, having a little trouble getting noticed. Jon Savage(Seymour Hoffman), from Buffalo, New York, is a teacher and novelist afflicted with a bout of writers-block. Their father, Lenny(Bosco), recently lost his girlfriend of 20 years, and is suffering from dementia. Moving Lenny to a nursing home in Buffalo becomes an ordeal when Wendy and Jon realize their father is farther gone than either had predicted. A somber story about the slow process of losing a loved one, The Savages is a comedy-noir destined for greatness. (more…)