Home goes wherever we go.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Ella Anderson, Chandler Head, Max Greenfield |
Director |
Destin Daniel Cretton |
Screenplay | Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham, from the book by Jeannette Walls |
Music | Joel P. West |
Cinematography | Brett Pawlak |
Editing | Nat Sanders |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2017 |
Produced by | Lionsgate, Netter Productions |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Drama |
Language | Moderate, fairly infrequent |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Moderate impact, fairly frequent |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None (sic) |
Comments | Contains scenes of sexual violence. |
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PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned | Rated PG-13 for mature thematic content involving family dysfunction, and for some language and smoking |
Runtime | 127 |
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
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Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Suggested age limit 14 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Jamal-Dean Grootboom Fragile life in glass castle. | 10 | |
Die Burger Karla Janse van Vuuren Komplekse gesinsverhoudings roerend uitgebeeld. | 10 | |
24.com Mark Kennedy The Glass Castle is steeped in crazy love, but love nonetheless. | 10 | |
ScreenIt Jim Judy While I was never bored, I was never as fully engaged as I likely should and could have been. | 11 | |
Metacritic.com 39 critics | 11 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 99 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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. | 10 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 12 | |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Strong acting, intense themes in emotional book-based drama. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 19 users | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes users 5848 users | 15 | |
IMDB 1107 Netizens A Roller-coaster Experience in More Ways Than One | 14 | |
The Movie DB Community | 6 | |
Average .. 55% | 11 |