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

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

I'm a fan of "Swoon" I loved the semi documentary approach at another, true, high society horror story. In "Swoon" the distance the director took from his subject helped us to understand and to involve ourselves in the twisted mind... Full review

It is hard to understand the fancies of the elite nomadic American rich without first realizing that they are inheritors of a much lower class and always looking to the European aristocrats for guidance. Brook Baekeland is such a man,... Full review

The film has received much criticism for its "slow and episodic" pace, "bad" acting, and controversial elements. I will agree with the controversial aspects. This is not a film that cookie cutters will appreciate. They will be disgusted and more... Full review

Story of Barbara Daly Baekeland, who married the heir to the Bakelite fortune. We watch as the relationship with her husband slides, the relationship with her son (who narrates) goes weird and everything collides in tragedy.This is a dark little... Full review

This film is about a rich but dysfunctional family trying to hang on to each other, ultimately destroying everyone's happiness.I saw this film only because Julianne Moore is in it. Moore is a fine actress who starred in a lot... Full review

The film is different. It does stand out amongst hundreds of "seen-this-before" flicks.Juliane Moore is great, of course.One of her best performances, actually.The film has the atmosphere that is hard to find these days; moves kind of slowly but the... Full review

The most disturbing fact about this movie is that it is actually based on a true story. Though it appears to be pretty well known at least in the US I so far haven't had heard of it. Thus it... Full review

But for that particular someone, "Savage Grace" could be the perfect summer chiller. Julianne Moore plays Barbara Baekeland, an ambitious girl who marries her way into a fortune and a world of elegant misery. ... Full Review

That is a lot easier than admitting the movie simply isn't very good. Kalin, who had more success with 1992's similarly difficult "Swoon," has built a series of visually striking, emotionally superficial scenes primarily designed to elicit a reaction. ... Full Review

There is nothing very savage or very graceful about "Savage Grace," a lurid For a while the film is passable as a glossy story of rich people's tedious, melodramatic problems. ... Full Review

A more fitting geometric equivalent for this gloomy, well-crafted drama would be a hexagon, and there's betrayal on all sides. The reliable Dillane is useful for the first half of the film as the self-styled adventurer who isn't as daring as he would like everyone to believe, but doesn't have much to do in the latter half of the film. ... Full Review

Julianne Moore dives into her role with fearless abandon The scene is shot with a cool, unblinking objectivity that's harrowing. Barbara Baekeland was a beautiful one-time model and sort-of actress. ... Full Review

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

Kalin is still best known for his 1992 film Swoon, a take on the Leopold and Loeb case of the 1920s (wealthy gay students commit "the perfect murder" for kicks). ... Full Article

Because Savage Grace is a film based on a true story, and as such its plot is a matter of public record, I have no qualms about revealing that it's about a mentally unstable divorcée (Julianne Moore) who responds to... ... Full Article

Julianne Moore is an early Oscar contender for her brilliant turn as Barbara Daly in Tom Kalin's fascinating film. The unstable Daly was a real-life US social climber who married into the Bakelite fortune and was murdered in 1972 by ... Full Article

(C) Little ferocity or elegance go on display in Savage Grace, a tale of decline and decadence in a wealthy American family set in New York, Paris, London and Spain's chic Costa Brava. It stars Stephen Dillane as Brooks Baekeland, ... Full Article