The Glass Castle (2017) (original) (raw)

A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.

A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life. (less)

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Writers: Destin Daniel Cretton, Marti Noxon
Starring: Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Max Greenfield, Sarah Snook, Ella Anderson
Producers: Erik Feig, Ken Kao, Gil Netter

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Review by Brian Orndorf, August 10, 2017

5 / 10

Four years ago, Destin Daniel Cretton directed �Short Term 12,� which detailed the inner lives of those involved in a residential treatment facility. It was a beautiful, emotional feature. My favorite of the year. Cretton returns to screens with �The Glass Castle,� graduating to a larger, more mainstream project that has the opportunity to be seen by a wide audience, potentially flocking to theaters to view what the helmer has done with his adaptation of Jeannette Walls�s best-selling 2005 memoir. To maintain such broad expectations, Cretton smoothes his filmmaking fingerprints, reducing most ...read more...

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