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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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for language, sexual references and brief drug use

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Oct 31, 2003 Limited

Box Office: $2,105,024

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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Makes the day-to-day routines of a policy journal eminently watchable.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
11/05/03
Jurgen Fauth
Jurgen Fauth
About.com

Shattered Glass functions as a dramatic character study, but not as the galvanizing wake-up call about the sorry state of U.S. journalism that Ray says he wanted to make.

Full Review Source: AboutFilm.com | comment Comment
11/14/03
Carlo Cavagna
Carlo Cavagna
AboutFilm.com

A fascinating story, with enough dramaturgical potential to make a rock take notice. Unfortunately, Shattered Glass is an ignorant rock unto itself.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
11/12/03
Jon Lap
Jon Lap
Apollo Guide

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Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
05/13/05
Apollo Guide

Incomplete. The movie doesn't play the story out all the way to its true ending, with Glass signing a fat book deal to write a novel based on his own life

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
11/20/03
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Although this is a journalism movie, it carries the wide appeal of a modern-day morality play.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
11/13/03
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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...even when faced with shame and mortification, some people will find it within themselves to do the right thing.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
01/29/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Hayden Christensen... is charmingly slimy

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment Comment
02/05/04
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

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
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05/20/06
Blake DePastino
Blake DePastino
Baltimore City Paper

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Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
05/11/04
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC

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
Blunt Review

Smart about good vs. evil.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
11/14/03
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
12/02/03
Boston Phoenix

While Sean Penn grabs the headlines for his emotive bluster in Mystic River,Peter Sarsgaard gives a brilliantly measured performance as editor Chuck Lane.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
02/09/04
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

As an investigative drama, Shattered Glass doesn't break any new ground, but it smashes a lot of illusions.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
10/05/03
Kevin Courrier
Kevin Courrier
Boxoffice Magazine

A next-century All the President's Men, in which the values of enterprise reporters who took inspiration from Woodward and Bernstein are subject to corruption.

Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | comment Comment
12/08/03
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

The movie is smart about journalism because it is smart about offices.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
11/07/03
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Sarsgaard plays Lane with great subtlety and grace.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
11/06/03
Mark Caro
Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune
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The best movie about American journalism since All the President's Men.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
10/30/03
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor
 
 
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