萨维奇一家 The Savages / 野蛮家族 / 沙煲兄妹日记 / 亲情触我心

温迪（劳拉·琳妮 Laura Linney 饰）是个生活在纽约、38岁的剧作家，她的工作只能勉强维持生活，没有婚姻，与一个有妇之夫维持着不正当关系，生活堪称一团混乱；她有个生活得很潇洒的哥哥乔恩（菲利普· 塞默·霍夫曼 Philip Seymour Hoffman 饰），在水牛城做大学教授，看上去春风得意，但也有自己的烦恼——女友即将离开他回东欧，他很伤心，但因不愿结婚没有挽留。一日，获悉父亲（菲利普·鲍斯科 Philip Bosco 饰）得了老年痴呆，许久未联系的兄妹二人重聚在一起，将父亲安顿到疗养院，尽到轮换照料他的责任。在这个麻烦和争吵不断过程中，两兄妹回忆起儿时父亲专制、不负责任的往事，对照二人现今各自的孤独，重新思考了“家庭”的意义，而父亲的死亡也终要到来……

Middle aged siblings Jon Savage and Wendy Savage, who live in Buffalo and New York City respectively, have been estranged from their parents for several years, who themselves are no longer together. They saw their mother as largely being absent from their lives even before this estrangement, while they accuse their father of being abusive to them when they were growing up. Although this dysfunction has negatively affected both siblings, it seems to have affected Wendy more, she, who, although armed with an MFA, does office temp work to make ends meet - among other more less than ethical means - while writing scathing autobiographical plays as therapy, those plays which have thus far been unproduced. She is in a relationship with Larry, a married older man, which keeps her from pursuing other people. And she readily lies to get what she wants, which has the end goal of making herself feel better about her less than satisfying life. Jon and Wendy learn through the grapevine that their father, Leonard Savage, has been acting out of late in an aggressive manner. Soon after, they learn that Lenny's live-in partner of twenty years, Doris Metzger, has just passed away. Jon and Wendy use the opportunity of the funeral to travel to Sun City, Arizona to check up on their father. What was supposed to be a quick overnight trip ends up being extended as they find out that Lenny is suffering from early dementia - the reason for his aggressive behavior - most-likely the result of Parkinson's. Also, they learn that they are now responsible for him as he can no longer live in Doris' house. Jon and Wendy have different opinions of what type of care is best for their father, although they have to make united decisions. Caring for and reconnecting with Lenny as well as making those important care-giving decisions in this end stage of his life take their toll on Jon and Wendy, although both siblings have to confront the goings-on in their own sad lives in the process.

我爱劳拉·琳妮，可被这什么都想说上两句的导演倒了胃口。
編劇相當幽默, 所以我沒有哭
居家生活就是十指穿心。
孤独和迷茫，一部另类的家庭亲情片
生活从来就不易。
当开着车的儿子和坐在后座的女儿互相破口大骂大吵时，坐在一旁的父亲悄悄关掉助听器，绝望的望向车窗外，看见一片墓地，然后他闭上了眼睛。如此悲凉。
久仰之作 堵在心中的感受
当开着车的儿子和坐在后座的女儿互相破口大骂大吵时，坐在一旁的父亲悄悄关掉助听器，绝望的望向车窗外，看见一片墓地，然后他闭上了眼睛。如此悲凉。
有趣的一家，闪现着生活种种无奈
唏嘘不已！！这就是生活
太长了，太粘了，决定以后想看的时候重温一遍
我想这是一个讲一对兄妹在没有得到家庭温暖的前提下如何给父亲养老送终从并正视自己的衰老的故事，两个理想主义者对现实的妥协与正视，是导演的自传吧，这么真实感人~电影里处处可见的尴尬真叫人心疼
真实不代表有感觉，很多时候争吵有些没来由
so afraid of being self-important that it physically let Laura Linney say it several times... fortunately it's not. Every charactor's so well carried out. The story naturally becomes heavier and heavier, until finally, the gentle light-up.
人还是与老狗不同，太多决定带来的生之苦远大于忍痛奔跑的本能快乐。
a nice little story about human relationships complicated by intellectual living...we're all in this together!
美式亲情片，我想带给美国人的触动可能更大些。好些美式亲情片看了都很快淡忘了，女主角演的另一部《You can count on me》就是一个例子，她在这两部片子中的角色性格很相似，或许就是本色演出
当你进不去故事的时候，会发现这部片子是有多么的无聊和平庸。可能是我自身观影时候的状态问题，也可能是导演的才气真的有限。
中年困惑的典型写照 非常细致 男女主角的表演无愧奥斯卡提名
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