Savage Grace (2007)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Tom Kalin

Writers (WGA):

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

Release Date:

20 September 2007 (Singapore)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Truth is more shocking than fiction.

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:

Child | Murder | Long Take | Incest | 1940s

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Julianne Moore	...	Barbara Baekeland
Stephen Dillane	...	Brooks Baekeland
Anne Reid	...	Nini Daly
Martin Huber	...	Aschwin Lippe
Minnie Marx	...	Midge Van Den Heuvels
Jim Arnold	...	Joost Van Den Heuvels
Mapi Galán	...	Simone Lippe
Barney Clark	...	Tony at 12
Abel Folk	...	Carlos Durán
Belén Rueda	...	Pilar Durán
Simón Andreu	...	Jean Pierre Souvestre
Eddie Redmayne	...	Antony Baekeland
Elena Anaya	...	Blanca
Unax Ugalde	...	Black Jake Martínez
Melina Matthews	...	Lorna Moffat

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 | Australia:R | New Zealand:R18 | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:18 | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

120dB Films

Goofs:

Continuity: In the opening scene when Barbara arranges a dinner date at a restaurant, there is a pimple between her cheek and her chin. Mid-scene the spot is gone.

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.