This is not a film for everyone. If you are sensitive to:
On Rotten Tomatoes, Savage Grace holds a approval rating (based on 59 reviews), with the consensus: “Julianne Moore gives a courageous performance, but the film's detached tone makes it hard to engage with.”
The infamous Oedipal spiral—Barbara’s attempt to “fix” Tony’s sexuality by seducing him (and later involving her former lover in a ménage-à-trois with her son)—is not played for cheap shock. Moore portrays Barbara not as a monster but as a woman so hollowed out by patriarchal expectations and her own narcissism that incest becomes, in her twisted logic, the ultimate act of maternal devotion and artistic control. Redmayne’s Tony is heartbreaking: a boy-man whose repressed fury and longing eventually ignite in the film’s quiet, devastating final act.
This is not a film for everyone. If you are sensitive to:
On Rotten Tomatoes, Savage Grace holds a approval rating (based on 59 reviews), with the consensus: “Julianne Moore gives a courageous performance, but the film's detached tone makes it hard to engage with.” i--- Savage Grace 2007 M.ok.ru
The infamous Oedipal spiral—Barbara’s attempt to “fix” Tony’s sexuality by seducing him (and later involving her former lover in a ménage-à-trois with her son)—is not played for cheap shock. Moore portrays Barbara not as a monster but as a woman so hollowed out by patriarchal expectations and her own narcissism that incest becomes, in her twisted logic, the ultimate act of maternal devotion and artistic control. Redmayne’s Tony is heartbreaking: a boy-man whose repressed fury and longing eventually ignite in the film’s quiet, devastating final act. This is not a film for everyone