The Glass House

 (2001)

  • User Rating 51 votes
  • Critics Rating 29 critics
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User Reviews

Stone Throw Breaks Glass House
Jul 03, 2008
RattpackTr - yahoo.com
Leelee Sobieski stars in this semi-thriller as an orphaned teenager who lives in a very troubled home. Ruby Baker (Sobieski) loses her parents in a car accident on their anniversary, leaving Ruby and her brother Rhett to live their prearranged guardians,... Full review
It was not not scary or thriling
Mar 14, 2007
vw12234 - yahoo.com
The beginng is O.K but after you spend an hour and a half watching a girl slowly solve a mystery it gets FREAKIN BORING!!!!!!!!!... Full review
SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!
Feb 08, 2007
brandontheman188 - yahoo.com
The Glass House is a suspenseful film about two kids who go to live with friends of their parents because their parents were killed in a car crash. But their new guardians are hiding something. HEART-POUNDING!!!!! TWO THUMBS WAY WAY WAY... Full review
All Time Best
Feb 08, 2007
basketballbrunette88 - yahoo.com
This movie is actually a great movie. It is a bit sad at some parts and points, and most of it is horrifying, but that's what makes it great. This is a movie worth watching - once you start watching it... Full review
Good actors in shaky thriller.
Feb 05, 2007
landy2good - yahoo.com
The actors help this formulatic thriller. Leelee Sobieski(who looks like a young Helen Hunt.)stars as a young woman who's parents are killed in a car accident and her and her brother fall into custody of the Glass'(Stellan Skaargard and Diane Lane.)who... Full review
'The glass house' suprises
Aug 21, 2006
gr8brandon - yahoo.com
-----------A FEW SPOILERS---------- A great movie with some suspense and good acting. I liked the story and the cast, however the ending is somewhat different. The director should have just left the part out where terry comes back 'from the dead'... Full review
awsome!!
Aug 21, 2006
crazy_chick0806 - yahoo.com
i loved this movie it keeps you wondering and on the edge of your seat! i love scary movies and this was one of the best ive seen its right up their with the ring... Full review
A shattering and surprising thriller
Aug 19, 2006
film_fan202 - yahoo.com
Leelee Sobieski is excellent in this film. The Glass House is a vicious horrifying thriller with a great plot and a lot of twists which will keep you tight in your seat. The movie is about a brother and sister who... Full review
What a crappy movie..
Jul 07, 2006
j_y_s_g - yahoo.com
It's ALL WASTE of MONEY!! the title was cool tho.. but.. what the hell.. gimme back my $9..!! the crappiest movie I ever watched.. I warn you all.. the plot is horrible, and the acting was crap. it was not even... Full review
Got to see it and don't ask why!
Jun 30, 2006
puppycutepet - yahoo.com
Watch it and ask why! I Just Know You will Like It. So please see it for our own good! It is a suspesendful movie and I Love It! See It!... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Sep 04, 2008
Urban Cinefile
The Glass House is a prime example of abundant style with very little substance. Theres scarcely an original thought in the whole film, from its obvious references to films like North by Northwest to its often painful, by-the-numbers dialogue. ... Full Review
| Feb 10, 2002
eFilmCritic.com
Diane Lane and Stellan Skarsgard turn in competent performances as the menacing legal guardians, but the whole thing is just so bloody predictable....But big boobs and a pretty face do not make for a good actress.... ... Full Review
| Feb 10, 2002
Laramie Movie Scope
Bruce Dern also is also good as a morally ambivalent estate attorney. It is a clever plot device and it does make the story resonate a little. Sobieski, Lane and Skarsgrd turn in good acting performances. ... Full Review
| Jan 02, 2002
filmcritic.com
Even with its unworthy ending, The Glass House is a wholly entertaining and thoughtful flick. Competently put together, smartly acted, The Glass House is a continual slow build toward revelation and resolution. ... Full Review
| Jan 02, 2002
dvdtalk.com
The film has a fine cast, good performances and great production design and cinematography. The film is a moderately effective thriller, which, given the cast involved, should have been considerably better. ... Full Review

News

Looking uncannily like a young Helen Hunt, Leelee Sobieski (Eyes Wide Shut) is a calm, anchoring presence in this schlocky tale of a high school teen forced to live with her dodgy godparents after folks are mashed in a mysterious... ... Full Article

The Glass House is a routine thriller-by-numbers that holds no surprises whatsoever, but performs its task more than adequately and is lifted into watchability by virtue of its strong cast and over-the-top production design. ... Full Article

In respect to the lives lost on the US East Coast, the Weekend Wrap-Up will be abbreviated. Box office numbers just aren't important this weekend. ... Full Article

When Ruby (Leelee Sobieski) and her younger brother Rhett's (Trevor Morgan) parents, Grace and Dave Baker, are killed in a car crash, their parents' best friends, Erin and Terry Glass (Diane Lane and Stellan Skarsgard), become their guardians. ... Full Article

With two teen thrillers debuting in the same month of September - the other is Joy Ride, slated for October 5th release - one might almost think that Leelee Sobieski can open more than a jar as a leading lady. ... Full Article

Send to a friend » 2001 was a busy year for the young actress Leelee Sobieski.She starred in TV´s "Uprising," "Joy Ride" (actually made in 1999/2000), "My First Mister," and "The Glass House." ... Full Article

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