Savage Grace

Mustanaamio7's Movie Diary 2024 (76 movies items)

"1.4. 2024 "Savage Grace" tells the true story of Barbara Daly, a wealthy socialite, whose unstable life ended when she got stabbed to death by her own son, Antony. Barbara's husband Brooks considered Antony a disappointment because he was either gay or bisexual, and Barbara apparently thought that she can "cure" her son by having an incestuous relationship with him. "Savage Grace" certainly doesn't suffer from the lack of good ingredients, but it falls flat because it skips large parts of the "

Julianne Moore Films Viewed by Kathy (30 movies items)

" Director: Tom Kalin Starring: Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne, Elena Anaya, Unax Ugalde, Belén Rueda and Hugh Dancy Barbara Baekeland, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on her only son Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality - sometimes by seducing him herself - the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy."

America's Got Talent... Julianne Moore (77 movies items)

"Barbara Baekeland"

PopMatter's Essential Film Performances - 2010 (50 movies items)

"THE DARK SIDE Julianne Moore With a career characterized by hotly-charged performances that are full of ambivalent sexuality, it would not appear that playing the subversive role of Barbara Baekland would seem like too significant a departure for Moore, one of the most adventurous, intelligent American actresses working in film today. But when the truth is stranger than fiction, as it can be in Savage Grace, is the obvious way to approach this type to play to its camp leanings or against them? W"