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Shattered Glass (2003)

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Reviews Counted:36

Fresh:30

Rotten:6

Average Rating:7.5/10

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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03/27/04
Jonathan Foreman
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New York Post
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Does a superb job in presenting four of the five journalistic 'Ws' of its story: the who, what, where and when. It fails, however, on the essential 'why' of the tale.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
11/28/03
Peter Howell
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Toronto Star
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What are we to learn from this? Not the broad lesson that every line of work has its share of charlatans: The script is way too pious to swallow such a generic pill. And not anything important about Glass, since there's no real character examination.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
11/28/03
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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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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Excels at the kind of straight-ahead storytelling that's both involving and satisfying.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
11/14/03
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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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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Not only an honest depiction of one journalist's rampant dishonesty but a compelling movie by just about any standard.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
11/14/03
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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It's funny and gripping, a story about people that also happens to be about journalistic principle.

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11/13/03
Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
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It's a thoughtful, well-paced look at one pathetic kid's lies, and our equally pathetic willingness to accept them as truth.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
11/13/03
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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A study in moviemaking that doesn't resonate beyond its subject matter.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
11/13/03
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Here's a verdict that Shattered Glass makes abundantly clear: Hayden Christensen can act.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
11/13/03
Dallas Morning News
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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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It takes craft, insight and expert delivery to make an 'insider' story interesting to those on the outside. And that's exactly what Shattered Glass does.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
11/13/03
Jeff Strickler
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Hayden Christensen strikes all the right notes as the talented, charming and very cloying Stephen Glass, who made a huge splash at the New Republic magazine in the late 1990s with colorful stories.

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11/11/03
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
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A satisfying, dramatically absorbing account.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
11/07/03
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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An impressively compelling film about disgraced journalist Stephen Glass.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
11/07/03
Ruthe Stein
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle
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A scarily compelling thriller that puts journalistic ethics on trial.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
11/07/03
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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The movie is smart about journalism because it is smart about offices.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
11/07/03
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