Savage Grace - of weird incestuous relations
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Savage Grace (Spain/USA/France, 2007)
Seen: Thursday, 25th February 2010 (cinema)
Runtime: 97′
Director: Tom Kalin
Cast: Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne
Production House: 120dB Films
Plot: (from imdb)
The true story of the beautiful and charismatic Barbara Daly, who married above her class to Brooks Baekeland, heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune. Their only child is a failure in his father’s eyes, and as he matures and becomes increasingly close to his lonely mother, the seeds for tragedy are sown.
Trailer
Impressions In Short
It was amusing enough. I enjoyed it mainly for some of the laughs and awkwardness (my weird sense of humour again, though actually me and Kin were not the only people laughing this time round ;)).
More About the Film
Julianne Moore put in a very good performance and I suppose it’s that and my stupid sense of humour that made this film quite enjoyable. On the whole though, I found it a bit chaotic and generic.
I’m surprised people over on filmweb were so shocked and disgusted with this. Yes, it features incest, but that’s about it. I don’t get why portraying incest in a film is so shocking in this day and age. In terms of the actual sex scenes it was mild - all of them were quite tastefully shot. They were pretty short and mainly done in close-up. If the director had wanted to shock then he could have gone way further.
Recommended?
If you enjoy art house films with weird sexual themes then this might be worth a look. Julianne Moore fans will probably enjoy her in this. Other than that I suppose you can give this film a miss.
