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The Glass Castle

2017, Movie, 2h 7min

A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.

Country: United States,Hong Kong

Director:

Destin Daniel Cretton

Cast:

Reviews

Critic Kimberley Jones

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...the performances – by a small army of sensitive, ginger-haired kids and adults, in three timelines – cleave you to the characters...

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Critic Emily Bray

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...an interesting and sincerely emotional film, if not an entirely successful one.

Read full review at Little White Lies

Critic Tim Robey

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Larson’s reading of Jeannette as a career-woman – polished, brittle, hiding her damage – is sensitive and convincing.

Read full review at The Telegraph

Critic Ian Freer

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A familiar tale of a quirky childhood is delivered with little in the way of freshness or truth. Still, the performances by Larson, Harrelson and Watts rescue it.

Read full review at Empire

Bertil Langewolf

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En otroligt bra film.

2 years ago

Critic Daniel Skov Madsen, Kinosaur.D

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Glasslottet' fungerer bedst når vi følger Walls’ barndom i 1960’erne og 70’erne. Som barn spilles Walls imponerende fintfølende af Ella Anderson. Hun er del af en ekstremt fattig familie ført an af mor Rose, spillet af Naomi Watts, og især fa...

Read full review at Cinemazone

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The Glass Castle is a poignant and unforgettable film that chronicles the life of Jeannette Walls, a successful journalist who grew up in a dysfunctional family of nomads. With an alcoholic father who distracted her and her siblings with magical stories, and a selfish, nonconformist mother who had no intention of raising a family, Jeannette learned to fend for herself from a young age. The film takes us on an unorthodox journey with Jeannette's family as they face poverty, FBI pursuits, and the challenges of growing up with an unstable father. Despite the hardships they face, the Walls children hold onto hope and their imagination as they strive to survive against all odds. Brie Larson delivers a powerful performance as Jeannette Walls in this moving adaptation of Jeanette Walls' best-selling memoir.

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The Glass Castle was released in theaters on August 11, 2017.