No one can forget director Tom Kalin’s SWOON in the 90’s when queer films were a scarce commodity.  In SAVAGE GRACE, Kalin returns with a story of a wealthy and perverse family whose members literally destroy each other for the hell of it. 

Beautiful and uncontrollable mother, Barbara (Julianne Moore) puts the reins on her queer son Tony (Eddie Redmayne) while the father, Brooks (Stephen Dillane), the father of the plastics industry suffer and torture both.  Two words describe Kalin’s film –pretentious and camp.  But though Kalin’s film feels odd in the beginning, Kalin proves that his unconventional way of storytelling beats the Hollywood way.  Moore is again superb.  Julianne Moore is as superb as Eddie Redmayne is gorgeous.