Savage Grace

When I was growing up, my mother could be a little over involved in my life but she's got nothing on Barbara Baekeland (Julianne Moore). SAVAGE GRACE tells Barbara's story and that of her incalculable influence on the direction of her... Full review

On 17th November 1972, Barbara Daly Baekeland was murdered by her son Antony. "Savage Grace" is about the relationship between the Mother and Son that led to that event. It was the dictionary definition of a dysfunctional relationship. I liked "Savage... Full review

This movie was disturbing, to say the least. I must say the acting was great, but the whole story was just revolting. This is not a movie for the close-minded. I am still so disturbed by what I saw, especially in... Full review

This movie was at times difficult to take in. Very controversial...and although i am generally open-minded on most things...this movie going experience was creepy to say the least. For the sake of me..i cannot give this film a high rating. Juliane... Full review

I actually enjoyed this very much. Yes, it is a shallow portrayal of of shocking situation, but I still enjoyed the atmosphere and the fantastic cinematography. And it's been along time since i've seen Julianne Moore give such a raw and... Full review

This movie was engaging and very interesting. All the acting was incredible, but Julianne Moore is superb!! I sure hope her role will be remembered at Academy Award season. Some of the scenes made me squirm a bit, but it was... Full review

This movie gets a passing grade only cause of Julienne Moore. The story is rather odd almost like well who really cares about this woman and her son and basically her performance is mediocre. I almost question really why this movie... Full review

I've read mostly bad reviews of this film and went expecting the dread I felt watching the trailer.I was pleasantly surprised. It's a great movie about very trapped unhappy people fumbling through.If you hated Terms of Endearment because it was sad,... Full review

It is not for everyone, but that might be because it is not often that a movie transcends entertainment and becomes art. Everything in this film is a labor of love. The script, props, acting, direction, post-production, everything speaks of passion... Full review

SAVING GRACE is screenwriter Howard A. Rodman's adaptation of Natalie Robins and Steven M.L. Aronson's brutally realistic book by the same name of a famous wealthy family's downfall. Director Tom Kalin has previously proved that he can successfully mix biopic... Full review

Savage Grace" is a story that while very arduous to view, is deeply intrusive into the mind of a child where the system, and society, failed him. Hey, I told you upfront that this is an uncomfortable film to watch. ... Full Review

The content of Savage Grace is so increasingly awful, so troubling, so voyeuristic and wrong, that it practically ventures beyond normative analysis. Kalin's talent aside, Savage Grace is a showcase for Ms. Moore, who takes bravery, honesty, and purity of performance to a whole new level. ... Full Review

A story about awful people doing unspeakable things to one another, Savage Grace is at times as viscerally discomforting as it is emotionally engrossing. As Savage Grace soldiers on to the inevitable tragedy of self-loathing and madness at its conclusion, it becomes clear that what's been blown apart is her heart and soul, it just takes time for her body to catch up. ... Full Review

Swilling with callous, impenetrable characters who never earn our empathy, Tom Kalin's film struggles like an impetuous child to seize attention with poorly orchestrated shocks.....Adapted from Natalie Robins' dramatisation of actual events, Savage Grace is dressed to the nines and desperate to party, all shiny cinematography and retina-pleasing cast.......Julianne Moore's portrayal of murdered, married-for-money heiress Barbara Baekeland smoulders..... ... Full Review

This is a gripping, coldly brilliant and tremendously acted movie.....It is a sensational, lurid story:....a brilliant, uncomfortable scene -....Savage Grace A sick-room torpor hangs heavily about this masterfully controlled, elegantly composed movie by Tom Kalin, his first full-length feature since the much-admired Swoon from 1992..... ... Full Review

SAVAGE GRACE, based on the award winning book, tells the incredible true story of Barbara Daly, who married above her class to Brooks Baekeland, the dashing heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune. ... Full Article

Never mind Donkey Punch: if you want really shocking viewing, try this true-life story of incest and murder for size. Julianne Moore is terrific as wealthy socialite Barbara Baekeland, the elegant but insecure wife to Bakelite plastics heir Brooks Baekeland... ... Full Article

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A U.S. art dealer is suing the makers of "Savage Grace," claiming the film's portrayal of him has exposed him to "disgrace" and "ridicule." ... Full Article

Almost every day someone sidles up to me and says - with a sharp intake of breath - "Have you seen Savage Grace?" Now I know what they're getting at. ... Full Article

Before The Graduate's Benjamin Braddock even heard the life-altering word "plastics," Barbara Daly was living the Bakelite dream. A former model who married "above her station" when she wed Bakelite plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, her tumultuous life -- and bizarre... ... Full Article

There's not much that is known, and what is known is incomprehensible. That seems to be the essential flaw that hobbles "Savage Grace," a vicious and chilly dysfunctional family drama. ... Full Article