The Glass Castle (2017)
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Critic Consensus: The Glass Castle has an affecting real-life story and a hard-working cast in its corner, but they aren't enough to outweigh a fundamentally misguided approach to the material.
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as Jeanette Walls
as Rex Walls
as Rose Mary Walls
as Lori Wells
as David
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[Destin Daniel] Cretton wants to make an old-fashioned melodrama but fails to stylize the material in any compelling way
Clocks in at two hours and seven minutes but it's so intense that I was hardly aware of the time.
There are heart-tugging moments in The Glass Castle, but Walls's bestselling memoir needed to be roughed up and aired out. For it to match up to the book, the movie needed the glass to be smashed, not every shard treasured.
By laminating Walls' story with a Hollywood sheen, the narrative climaxes in an artificial and contrived manner.
Due to the herculean task of adaptation, "The Glass Castle" lacks the emotional potency of Cretton's earlier work and the unflinching detail of Walls' memoir.
Dark, dysfunctional, and filled with blinding hope, this is one glass house that's difficult to throw stones at.
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Interesting true story, but honestly wore it's welcome out halfway through. I cared enough to finish it, but it was 2 hours that felt like 3.
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The Glass Castle had its few moments of shines and tears to wipe away, but under the hood is where the film relies a huge problem on. Can be forgettable during time beings if not claimed to love it nor hate it. but somewhere in the middle that gives that mixed opinion feeling. If you want to find a better way to watch this film, wait for it on rental.
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