Either way, it's a bad film, and one that's certainly worth seeing.
The Glass House (2001)
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Reviews Counted:84
Fresh:18
Rotten:66
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: Due to obvious plot twists and foreshadowing, The Glass House fails to thrill. By the end, it degenerates into ludicrousness.
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: THE GLASS HOUSE, director Daniel Sackheim's sleek neo-noir thriller, is a modern Hansel and Gretel story with elements borrowed from HAMLET, set in California. As it opens, Ruby (Leelee Sobieski)... THE GLASS HOUSE, director Daniel Sackheim's sleek neo-noir thriller, is a modern Hansel and Gretel story with elements borrowed from HAMLET, set in California. As it opens, Ruby (Leelee Sobieski) watches unflinchingly while her friends cover their eyes from the horrors of a slasher movie. She deals with her over-concerned parents with cool resourcefulness. But, then her parents die in a car crash. Ruby learns from the family lawyer (Bruce Dern) that she and her younger brother Rhett (Trevor Morgan) will be well provided for, and will live with their sympathetic ex-neighbors Terry and Erin Glass (Stellan Skarsgård and Diane Lane). Terry and Erin's new home is a modern mansion--all steel and glass--built on the cliffs of Malibu. But, all is not well beneath the cool surfaces of THE GLASS HOUSE. Ruby has to decide whether it is her imagination, or is she being watched as she undresses; and whether Terry is making a pass at her, or just fastening her seat belt; and whether Erin is shooting up drugs, or simply taking insulin to combat her diabetes; and whether Terry is really being menaced by well-dressed thugs. Leelee Sobieski plays Ruby with steely resolve as she tries to deal with the mysteries of THE GLASS HOUSE. [More]
Starring: Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgaard, Trevor Morgan
Starring: Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgaard, Trevor Morgan, Bruce Dern, Kip Pardue, Rita Wilson, Samuel Ball, Alice Hirson, Chris Noth, Michael O'Keefe, D. Elliot Woods, Kathy Baker, Gavin O'Connor
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Screenwriter: Wesley Strick
Producer: Michael Rachmil, Neal H. Moritz
Composer: Christopher Young
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Reviews for The Glass House
Wesley Strick, the screenwriter, is my hero. I admire anyone who's figured out how to do as little work as he does and still make a good living.
One look at Terry and Erin's home, and you can sense director Daniel Sackheim gearing up for a tsunami of hogwash.
Can't manage its own metaphors, and ends up tripping all over itself in order to give them a coherent context.
A psychological thriller that musses the psychology of its own characters.
We're left with a cat-and-mouse game between girl and murderous faux-dad that's simply boilerplate.
The film has two consistent attributes: stupidity and predictability.
The story degenerates steadily and finally becomes just another horror show with a psycho chasing adolescents.
Actor Stellan Skarsgard single-handedly makes this sinister thriller more effective than you might expect.
The tension and good performances are virtually cancelled out by eye-rollingly silly events leading to the film’s conclusion.
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