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Not sure how one could go wrong with the casting of Phillip Seymour Hoffman (looking Love Liza era haggard) or Laura Linney in this story of siblings Wendy and Jon Savage - reprieved temporarily from their own crumbling matters, coming together to tend to their estranged father. Directed by Tamara Jenkins (Slums of Beverly Hills), everything appears to be in order, although the inclusion of Spoon’s “Way We Get By” has become a default soundtrack choice for mid-life crisis narratives (see Stranger Than Fiction), maybe taking the trailer’s efficacy down a few notches, towards harmless/cloying.  The Savages Trailer - via ComingSoon.