Savage Grace was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay in 2008. Peter Bradshaw writing in The Guardian gave the film four out of five stars, describing it as "a gripping, coldly brilliant and tremendously acted movie." Accolades
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes has a 38% of approval, based on 89 reviews - the consensus reads "though visually compelling, the lamentable characters in Savage Grace make for difficult viewing." Metacritic, another review aggregator, reported the film had an average score of 51 out of 100, based on 28 reviews. The story begins with Antony's birth and follows the family to the time of his arrest for the murder of his mother.Ĭritics gave the film mixed reviews.
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.
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