The Glass House (2001)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Daniel Sackheim

Writer (WGA):

Wesley Strick (written by)

Release Date:

14 September 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

It's time to kick some Glass.

Plot:

An orphaned teenager is taken in by a Malibu couple but discovers they aren't the caring friends they seemed to be.

Plot Keywords:

Car Accident | Car | Video Game | Lawyer | Trust Fund

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Leelee Sobieski	...	Ruby Baker
Diane Lane	...	Erin Glass
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Terrence 'Terry' Glass
Bruce Dern	...	Begleiter
Kathy Baker	...	Nancy Ryan
Trevor Morgan	...	Rhett Baker
Chris Noth	...	Uncle Jack
Michael O'Keefe	...	Dave Baker
Vyto Ruginis	...	Don
Gavin O'Connor	...	Whitey
Carly Pope	...	Tasha
China Shavers	...	E.B. (as China Jesusita Shavers)
Agnes Bruckner	...	Zoe
Michael Paul Chan	...	Mr. Kim
Rachel Wilson	...	Hannah

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sinister thematic elements, violence, drug content and language.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37273) | Malaysia:18PL | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | Finland:K-15 (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Leo Carrillo State Beach - 35000 W. Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The original cut ran for almost three hours.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Ruby is smoking in the car with her friends she is in the rear passenger-side seat. When the car pulls up to drop her off she gets out of the driver's-side rear seat.

Quotes:

Dr. Erin Madre-Glass: We need your trust, Ruby.

Movie Connections:

References "Dragon Ball Z" (1989/I)

Soundtrack:

Sotto Voce

Moderately Effective Thriller

A moderately effective thriller featuring a capable performance by Leelee Sobieski as a teenage girl who, along with her younger brother, is taken in by a couple of old family friends after the mysterious deaths of her parents. The story is fairly predictable as thrillers go, but Sobieski delivers a performance that has enough spark to keep the audience interested and the production design and the look of the `glass house' that they live in are impressive. GRADE: B