The Savages did a great job on showing the struggle between two siblings caring for their aging parent. The themes of aging parent-adult relationships and memory loss were represented throughout the movie in a realistic matter and were not shown as being situations that somehow cause families to form a closer attachment. It was evident that Wendy and Jon Savage had different relationships with their father Lenny. Although neither of the siblings have a good relationship with their father, Wendy was more involved in the care of their father and was the one who told Jon about their father’s changing health condition. While Wendy was immediately concerned for father when she received a call explaining how her father’s condition was deteriorating,