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The film is based on the true story of Barbara Daly Baekeland (Moore), her husband Brooks Baekeland (Dillane), heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune, and their only child Antony (Redmayne), who was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
The movie tells the true story of the marriage of Barbara Daly ( Julianne Moore) and Brooks Baekeland ( Stephen Dillane ), who glittered erratically in the social circles of the 1940s through the 1960s. Brooks' grandfather invented Bakelite, used in everything from cooking utensils to nuclear bombs.
Parents need to know that this very mature indie film, which is based on a true story, is steeped in amoral and sexual behavior among the idle rich -- culminating in a sexual relationship between a mother and her son.
- IFC Entertainment
- Tom Kalin
May 30, 2008 · Based on the true story of one of the most sensational murder cases in American history, “Savage Grace” dissects life in the Baekeland family in the years leading up to Antony Baekeland’s (Eddie Redmayne) cold-blooded murder of his mother, Barbara (Julianne Moore), in 1972.
- MEGHAN KEANE
A daring character study of abstract perversion based on true events, Kalin utilizes the camera as an aid to developing the emotional erraticism of the characters but has a fluidity that counter-balances the story itself providing an intimacy for the audience.
May 30, 2008 · Savage Grace, based on the award winning book, tells the incredible true story of Barbara Daly, who married above her class to Brooks Baekeland, the dashing heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune. Beautiful, red-headed and charismatic, Barbara is still no match for her well-bred husband.
Jan 25, 2008 · A movie so disturbing that it can only be based on a true story. And, if you go into the movie not realizing it is a true story (like I did) you will get the shock of your life when you reach the final credits!
