The British aristocracy has never been so wretched

Savage House review: Richard E Grant, Claire Foy and much boozing, humping and double dealing

This film feels like an elaborate, if mid-priced, tribute to Stanley Kubrick’s immortal Barry Lyndon

Savage House review – Richard E Grant and Claire Foy’s decadent Downton Abbey

Savage House review. Richard E Grant and Claire Foy give wonderfully wild performances in this Blackadder-esque black comedy.

The British aristocracy has never been so wretched

Our propensity to be seduced by the grandeur of country houses and noble families is rarely impeded by our politics. New Statesman writers have bravely confessed in these pages to weeping at Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, despite it being shameless Tory propaganda, or enjoying Brideshead, Saltburn, Bridgerton – all having the same alarming effect on audiences who should know better. Savage House – an addition to the genre – is not quite so eas…