The complex flashback structure is cleverly and coherently edited to keep us right with Glass through his story
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.
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
Reviews for Shattered Glass
Lacks the journalistic killer instinct that could have elevated it above the well-executed but slightly sanctimonious, made-for-TV feel
Shattered Glass is engrossing drama, every bit as entertaining as the story on which it’s based.
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.
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.
At one point, the Glass character defines journalism as 'the art of capturing behavior,' and that's also where this movie excels...
Shattered Glass may be light when it comes to psychological questions, but its detailed accounting of Glass' actions makes for fascinating viewing.
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
Shattered Glass smolders like the subtle giant, Mt.Vesuvius. Based on the true story of fallen journalist Stephen Glass...
A good movie about a real-life problem journalist that unfortunately has almost nothing to do with journalism's real-life problems.
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