Savage Grace
A glamorous heiress family’s public privilege fractures into a chilling portrait of mental instability, taboo intimacy, and domestic catastrophe.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- cold
- disturbing
- oppressive
- arthouse film night
- serious drama viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film visually compelling and strongly acted but difficult to watch because its characters and subject matter are emotionally alienating.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Baekelands' plastics fortune and elevated social status coexist with alienation, marital infidelity, and escalating domestic instability.
Barbara's beauty, elite milieu, and polished environments contrast with the family's increasingly disturbing private life.
Tony's increasingly close relationship with his alienated mother Barbara becomes the film's defining and most disturbing emotional bond.
The biographical framing and repeated signs of Barbara's instability, family alienation, and scandal foreshadow the eventual tragedy.
Films like Savage Grace, and why
The Little Children
psychological family drama, corrosive class privilege, and difficult mother son intimacy
I, Tonya
biographical drama centered on destructive elite family relationships and emotionally volatile performances
Foxcatcher
stylized true-life crime drama exploring dysfunctional family bonds, sexuality, and scandal
The Cement Garden
cold, disturbing psychological drama about incestuous dysfunction and social repression
Movie Details
- Director
- Tom Kalin
- Release Date
- 2007-07-04
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (227)
Cast
- Julianne Moore
- Stephen Dillane
- Eddie Redmayne
- Anne Reid
- Elena Anaya
- Hugh Dancy
- Martin Huberty
- Minnie Marx
- Jim Arnold
- Mapi Galán
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Savage Grace about?
- A glamorous heiress family’s public privilege fractures into a chilling portrait of mental instability, taboo intimacy, and domestic catastrophe.
- What is Savage Grace like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Savage Grace as measured, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Savage Grace violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Savage Grace as moderate.
- What did critics think of Savage Grace?
- Critics broadly found the film visually compelling and strongly acted but difficult to watch because its characters and subject matter are emotionally alienating.
- Which films are like Savage Grace?
- Films with a similar feel include The Little Children, I, Tonya, Foxcatcher, and The Cement Garden.
- How long is Savage Grace?
- Savage Grace runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch Savage Grace?
- In United States, Savage Grace streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now.
