Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Savaging history

Savage Grace (2007)

Directed by Tom Kalin this film based on real events stars Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne and Elena Anaya. Over several decades we follow the relationship of a socialite and her family as they have a number of unorthodox relationships.

It seems that at times the plot of this film strays from real events and it does not accurately represent character relationships. I would liked to have seen a larger focus on the son's decent into mental illness which seems like it should be the most important part of the story here. There are decent performances from the cast but there is rarely much exploration of why the characters act the way they do.


2/5

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