Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne
Julianne Moore stars in this dramatization of the shocking Barbara Daly Baekeland murder case, which happened in a posh London flat on Friday 17 November 1972. The bloody crime caused a stir on both s...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 23, 2008
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June 6, 2009"Truth is more shocking than fiction."
A dramatization of the shocking Barbara Daly Baekeland murder case, which happened in a posh London flat on Friday 17 November 1972. The bloody crime caused a stir on both sides of the Atlantic and remains one of the most memorable...( read more) -
May 3, 2009Wow...what to say. I saw previews for this and thought I give it a try. Only later on found out that this was based on the real life of Barbara. WTH was wrong with that lady? The overall movie was very well done, the cast was amazing and I actually enjoyed it all very much. Very ...( read more)
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February 9, 2009Savage Grace tells the true story of the Baekelands, a mid-century, upper-class American scandal involving incest, murder, and madness. A former actress turned desperate socialite, Barbara Daly Baekeland (Julianne Moore) attempts to cover her lack of self-esteem by aggressively d...( read more)
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January 29, 2009This movie was just trying to be weird. If it had taken more time to get me personally involved with the characters, to understand them better, maybe I wouldn't have minded all the over-stylized "omg did you know incest is odd etc" self-indulgent bs. It wasn't the plot - and yes ...( read more)
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January 11, 2009Circling around Savage Grace is this insane self-contained vortex of almost inhuman behavior, a white trash atom bomb just barely held back at the seams by these delusions of class and nobility. Director Tom Kalin is this story's downfall; he doesn't know how to efficiently drip ...( read more)
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September 24, 2009if someone in this world thinks he has a problematic family, then he or she should see this.
let see the family c.v.:
-father: Brooks Baekeland - rich, no ocuppation, womaniser, bad father, bad husband
-mother: Barbara Baekeland - failed actress, maniac-depressed.
-son - Anton...( read more)
Critic Reviews
October 1, 2008
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
July 4, 2008
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Though the characters may be repellent, the film permits you to feel sympathy. full review
June 26, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
If ever there was a film to extinguish any envy of the lifestyles of the rich and famous, Savage Grace is it. full review
June 13, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Living these lives, for these people, must have been sad and tedious, and so, inevitably, is their story, and it must be said, the film about it. full review
May 31, 2008
Marcy Dermansky, About.com
an oddly compelling film about contemptible people doing contemptible things to each other. full review
May 30, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The movie is based on a true story, but for all its outré set pieces it never rises above the level of pretentious trash. full review
May 30, 2008
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Savage Grace doesnâe(TM)t seem quite sure of how to communicate its own fascination with such doings, whether to convey shock, envy, pity or bemusement.
May 29, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Director Tom Kalin is a huge talent, and working from a script that Howard Rodman carved out of a book by Natalie Robins and Steven M.L. Aronson, he uses dark humor and artful style to pull you into a... full review
May 28, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press
Neither savage nor graceful, Savage Grace's creaky -- and creepy -- tale of mother-son incest doesn't get the art-film benefit-of-the-doubt that led critics to acclaim Swoon. full review
May 27, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
In its frigid way, Savage Grace is potent: It makes incest a state of mind. full review
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