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Shattered Glass (2003)

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Reviews Counted:158

Fresh:144

Rotten:14

Average Rating:7.7/10

Consensus: A compelling look at Stephen Glass' fall from grace.

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Shattered Glass stars Hayden Christensen as Stephen Glass, a staff writer for the respected current events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance feature writer for publications such... Shattered Glass stars Hayden Christensen as Stephen Glass, a staff writer for the respected current events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance feature writer for publications such as Rolling Stone, Harper's and George. By the mid-90s, Glass' articles had turned him into one of the most sought-after young journalists in Washington, but a bizarre chain of events - chronicled in Buzz Bissinger's September, 1998 Vanity Fair article upon which "Shattered Glass" is based - suddenly stopped his career in its tracks. "Shattered Glass" is a study of a very talented - and at the same time very flawed - character. It is also a look inside our culture's noblest profession, one that protects our most precious freedoms by revealing the truth, and what happens when our trust in that profession is called into question.

"Shattered Glass" is jointly produced by Cruise / Wagner Productions and Baumgarten Merims in association with Forest Park Pictures. The film's executive producers are Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner of Cruise / Wagner as well as Lions Gate executives Michael Paseornek, Marc Butan and Tom Ortenberg. "Shattered Glass" is being produced by Craig Baumgarten, Adam Merims, Gaye Hirsch and Tove Christensen. A Lions Gate production, "Shattered Glass" will be distributed worldwide by the company in 2003. [More]

Starring: Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria, Chloë Sevigny

Starring: Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria, Chloë Sevigny, Melanie Lynskey, Steve Zahn, Rosario Dawson, Jamie Elman

Director: Billy Ray

Director: Billy Ray
Screenwriter: Billy Ray
Producer: Craig Baumgarten, Gaye Hirsh, Adam J. Merims, Tove Christensen
Composer: Mychael Danna
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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The complex flashback structure is cleverly and coherently edited to keep us right with Glass through his story

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
12/05/03
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Lacks the journalistic killer instinct that could have elevated it above the well-executed but slightly sanctimonious, made-for-TV feel

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
05/13/04
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
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Shattered Glass is engrossing drama, every bit as entertaining as the story on which it’s based.

Full Review Source: FilmFocus | comment Comment
07/20/04
Joe Utichi
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus

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05/11/04
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC
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Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
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05/14/04
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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
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06/01/04
Sight and Sound
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The film is both seductive and maddening.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
11/17/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner

cautionary tale for future generations

Full Review Source: Draxblog Movie Reviews | comment Comment
06/26/05
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
Draxblog Movie Reviews

An absolutely riveting drama that doesn't glorify its subject in the slightest and shrewdly says a lot of very sad things about the state of modern journalism.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
11/13/03
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

One of the year’s most compelling films.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
11/03/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

Shattered Glass has the skill and power to make you squirm.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
11/21/03
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

Shattered Glass provides a fascinating look behind the scenes at The New Republic ... Yet, viewers may also recoil from the movie's reverential and elitist treatment of The New Republic and other news operations.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
11/23/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

At one point, the Glass character defines journalism as 'the art of capturing behavior,' and that's also where this movie excels...

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
12/08/03
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Shattered Glass may be light when it comes to psychological questions, but its detailed accounting of Glass' actions makes for fascinating viewing.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
10/28/03
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Through Christensen's economical soft-shoe performance, Glass's zeal and obliging modesty work the same disarming hoodoo on the viewer as they do on his snake-oiled co-workers

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
11/20/03
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Shattered Glass smolders like the subtle giant, Mt.Vesuvius. Based on the true story of fallen journalist Stephen Glass...

Full Review Source: Blunt Review | comment Comment
10/30/03
Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt
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A good movie about a real-life problem journalist that unfortunately has almost nothing to do with journalism's real-life problems.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
11/14/03
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post
 
 
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