The Savages
Why this pick
Like August: Osage County, it finds bitterly funny, deeply painful truth in adult siblings forced back into difficult family roles, with superbly observed arguments masking old wounds.
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Why this pick
Like August: Osage County, it finds bitterly funny, deeply painful truth in adult siblings forced back into difficult family roles, with superbly observed arguments masking old wounds.
Why this pick
Its intimate, handheld family gathering has the same volatile mix of love, resentment, confession and dark humor, allowing each relative space to be complicated rather than simply villainous.
Why this pick
A sprawling, emotionally raw portrait of a young woman and her strained family, driven by lacerating dialogue, moral discomfort and performances that refuse easy reconciliation.
Why this pick
This is another brilliantly acted family pressure cooker, building from everyday awkwardness toward an unforgettable confrontation while retaining compassion for every flawed person in the room.
Why this pick
A formal family celebration becomes a searing arena for buried grievances and destabilizing disclosures, delivered with a confrontational immediacy akin to Osage County's most explosive scenes.
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01 / THE STORY
When the father from a prominent, if dysfunctional family, disappears from the house and is presumed dead, his children and extended family descend on their childhood home to set things right.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Violet Weston

Barbara Weston

Mattie Fae Aiken

Ivy Weston

Jean Fordham

Dr. Burke

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