Intended as a thriller, The Glass House is a nonstop riot, with dialogue so ludicrous the only logical reaction is stunned laughter.
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09/14/01
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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.
Theatrical Release:Sep 14, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $17,387,693
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)... [More]
Starring: Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgaard, Trevor Morgan
Director: Daniel Sackheim
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Reviews for The Glass House
Delivered with such a straight face that it quickly becomes laughable, especially as the plot becomes increasingly convoluted and ludicrous.
09/14/01
Tediously obvious from the get-go.
09/14/01
The events unfold as a series of ominous portents, real and false alarms, and music stingers on the soundtrack.
09/14/01
Top CriticA wholly entertaining and thoughtful flick.
09/14/01
There are some glaring second-act continuity problems and by the time we got to the inevitable bloodletting climax, a Seattle preview audience was roaring at the film's glaring predictability.
09/13/01
The Glass House isn't built on solid ground, starting out as a slick paranoid-teen thriller but ending up just another collage of rote suspense elements.
09/13/01
The film coolly builds from a chilling opening to a sharp, smart finale with efficiency, technical precision and a minimum of fuss.
09/13/01
A psychological thriller heavy on schmaltz and light on brains and originality.
09/13/01
Like Ruby, The Glass House is in conflict with itself. It's confused about what kind of film it wants to be.
09/13/01
Top CriticThere's no tippy-toeing in The Glass House, but you will still find yourself holding your breath.
09/13/01
Top CriticThough Sobiesky earnestly conveys a shy but savvy teen dealing with her shattered life, this dramatic thriller quickly topples into bad camp.
09/13/01
So laughably awful that it begs to have stones thrown at it; it's a wonder it got made at all.
09/13/01
Top CriticA stinky wedge of domestic thriller cheese.
09/13/01
Top CriticA workmanlike thriller that works.
09/13/01
Top CriticIt is entertaining in its ridiculousness, but that's at the expense of talented actors, and to me, that's not very funny.
09/13/01
Sackheim ... pulls off a surprisingly scary film.
09/13/01
Like a recurring nightmare, The Glass House is something that gets your motor racing briefly, but which you've seen all too often.
09/13/01
Top CriticCheapened beyond belief by frying-pan-to-the-head foreshadowing, insultingly over-scripted metaphors and undignified gestures of exploitation.
09/13/01
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