"The Savages" discusses family issues in depth, reflects social reality, and combines the humanistic themes of family love and human nature. Director Tamara Jenkins personally wrote the script, focusing on expressing that with the improvement of modern civilization, people’s traditional affection and family concepts have fallen, the title savage is a pun, in addition to the surname in English, The other meaning of the word is "barbarian", which is a concentrated summary of the theme of the film. The film has its own unique features, and comments from all parties are mainly praised ()
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"The Savages" faithfully tells a story mixed with sorrow and humor with an objective attitude and a unique perspective. The story of the film revolves around a typical American family, discussing the increasingly serious aging problem in American society and the resulting emotional alienation, loneliness, and indifference to family relationships. The director discovers the brilliance and rare interest in life from the tragic pattern, and handles it with sorrow and not hurt. In the first half of the film, the bright sunshine and the characters' unreliable life situation formed a visual and story reverse contrast. In the second half of the film, accompanied by death and all kinds of unsatisfactory, the tone of the film slowly becomes bright and relaxed. With deep insights and keen insight, the director has given new ideas and warmth to the heavier subjects. The use of a large number of portable cameras makes the film appear real and smooth as a whole. The performances of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney in the film are quite eye-catching. Hoffman has well portrayed the image of a professor who is depressed and has to face the plight of life, showing nature and truth in his gestures. Lin Ni interprets the complex feelings of the character itself not to the surface, and the layers of fragility and strength are clearly distinguished. The film is a masterpiece worthy of calming down and savoring ()
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