The Glass Castle (2017)

A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.

Director:

Destin Daniel Cretton

Writers:

Destin Daniel Cretton (screenplay by), Andrew Lanham (screenplay by)

Stars:

Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brie Larson	...	Jeannette
Woody Harrelson	...	Rex
Naomi Watts	...	Rose Mary
Ella Anderson	...	Young Jeannette
Chandler Head	...	Youngest Jeannette
Max Greenfield	...	David
Josh Caras	...	Brian
Charlie Shotwell	...	Young Brian
Iain Armitage	...	Youngest Brian
Sarah Snook	...	Lori
Sadie Sink	...	Young Lori
Olivia Kate Rice	...	Youngest Lori
Brigette Lundy-Paine	...	Maureen
Shree Crooks	...	Young Maureen (as Shree Grace Crooks)
Eden Grace Redfield	...	Youngest Maureen

Storyline

A young woman reflects on her unconventional upbringing at the hands of her artsy, nonconformist parents, which sometimes resulted in the family living in poverty. Now married to a man who works in finance in New York, she faces criticism from her parents that she's betrayed their values..

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Plot Keywords:

restaurant | painting | hospital | alcoholic | funeral | 

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Taglines:

Find beauty in the struggle.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic content involving family dysfunction, and for some language and smoking

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Instagram

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 August 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

El castillo de cristal

Filming Locations:

Welch, West Virginia, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,678,548, 13 August 2017, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$17,273,059, 12 October 2017

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$9,764,032, 20 August 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lionsgate, Netter Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jennifer Lawrence was attached to star and produce the movie for a long period of time but dropped out. Brie Larson was cast in the lead role after Lawrence dropped out.

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Goofs

When Rex and Jeannette are looking at the stars in the middle of the night, she chooses one and he says it is Venus. Not possible because Venus is only seen in the early morning in the east, or early evening in the west.

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Quotes

Rex: Rich city folks live in fancy apartments but their air's so polluted they can't even see the stars. We'd have to be out of our minds to trade places with any of them.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Naomi Watts/Andy Cohen/Jo Koy (2017)

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Soundtracks

Over My Broken Heart
Written by Donald Rollins
Performed by Dave & Don
Courtesy of Fervor Records

User Reviews

Fabulous

As the sister of someone extremely like Rex, I was disturbed, heart- broken, and reminded of my life growing up with an unpredictable, intelligent, unstable, and sometimes very charming man. His children loved him inexplicably but they are still living with the effects of their tumultuous life.

This movie, in my opinion, was fabulous. It was well paced and the dual story lines of past and current day melded beautifully. All of the acting was superb. Woody Harrelson deserves an Academy Award and all of the child actors were phenomenal. I was especially impressed by Ella Anderson who played young Jeannette. She expressed so clearly her emotions, both love, hurt, and anger at her father and with that I believe she also deserves kudos.

Go see this movie if you enjoy deep, emotional, thought-provoking films.