Savage Grace (2007)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Tom Kalin

Writers (WGA):

Howard A. Rodman (screenplay)
Natalie Robins (book) ...

Release Date:

20 September 2007 (Singapore)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

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 American Tragedies...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | 1960s | Mother Son Incest | Gay | Mother Son Relationship

Cast

Julianne Moore	...	Barbara Baekeland
Stephen Dillane	...	Brooks Baekeland
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elena Anaya	...	Blanca
Simón Andreu	...	Jean Pierre Souvestre
Jim Arnold	...	Joost Van Den Heuvels
Xavier Capdet	...	Gate man
Barney Clark	...	Tony as a child
Hugh Dancy	...	Sam
Abel Folk	...	Carlos Durán
Mapi Galán	...	Simone Lippe
Martin Huber	...	Aschwin Lippe
Lina Lambert	...	Missy
Minnie Marx	...	Midge Van Den Heuvels
Peter Vives Newey	...	Mishka
Brendan Price	...	PC Roberts
Eddie Redmayne	...	Tony Baekeland
Anne Reid	...	Nini Daly
Belén Rueda	...	Pilar Durán
Unax Ugalde	...	Black Jake

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Spain | USA | France

Language:

English | French | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | Taiwan:R-18 | Japan:R-18 | Italy:VM14 | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/18 | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

A Contraluz Films

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The Ambulance at the end of the film is a mid-seventies Chevrolet Van. While this might be correct for Spain, it would not be used in London as in the film.

Soundtrack:

Lullaby for Tony

Strangely Unaffecting

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 of the protagonists. In "Savage Grace" it works the opposite way. I needed to be closer I needed to be taken step by step in any way you want it but step by step. The shrill performance by Julianne Moore didn't give me and 8th of what Judy Davis gave me in "A Little Thing called Murder" Here you're on your own. No sense of period or class no dramatic structure and feeble performances. What a pity. I had waited for this film with feverish anticipation.