Again in Savage Grace she proves herself willing to do anything and go further than most. There is no question Julianne Moore is perhaps the most courageous certainly most daring actress of her generation. The film details her pathetic attempts at presenting herself as something she’s not as she carries on the unnatural relationship– which eventually leads to tragic consequences. As the story spans years ranging from 1946 to 1972 dad disappears into his own world of work and affairs while Barbara becomes increasingly lonely desperate and clingy–entering into an incestuous tryst with her now grown son ( Eddie Redmayne) a homosexual. Soon the birth of their only child Tony turns their union upside down as the boy becomes uncommonly close with his mother and remains a failure in his father’s eyes. Aronson Savage Grace is a true story of a societal poseur Barbara Daly ( Julianne Moore) who climbs her way into a different class by marrying Brookes Baekeland ( Stephen Dillane) heir to a plastics fortune.

As the film unfolds, it becomes less of a movie (we know how things are going to turn out, after all) and more of a showcase for Moore, who's one of America's greatest living actresses.Based on an award winning book by Natalie Robins and Steven M.L. Savage Grace is tough to take, but mature viewers who appreciate modern film acting at its finest will want to seek it out just for Moore's performance.Īt first glance - as the privileged-but-miserable Baekelands feud, fuss, and fight in their marriage, with ugly words spoken in beautiful rooms - Savage Grace seems like a big-screen version of one of those guilty-pleasure tales of globe-trotting, bed-hopping, and bad behavior among the wealthy that you find tucked near the back of every issue of Vanity Fair. Director Tom Kalin previously helmed Swoon, which was based on the infamous Leopold and Loeb murders - another true tale of sexual desire and murderous behavior. The other cast members are strong (Dillane especially, nailing both the shine of class and the rot of weakness in Brooks Baekeland), but they can't compare to Moore's shining, disturbing, and compelling performance. She can shift between kind care and venomous contempt with razor sharpness, and yet she always makes you believe in Barbara Daly Baekeland as a person. While Savage Grace is occasionally hard to watch, Moore keeps you riveted.

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