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 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.

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Plot Keywords:

restaurant | painting | hospital | alcoholic | funeral | 

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Taglines:

Home goes wherever we go.

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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

In 2007, Jeannette Walls announced the film was in development and looking for a director.

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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

Jeannette: He's never gonna change. You have to leave him.
[pause]
Rose Mary: I can't.

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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

My World
Written by Donnie Owens (as Donald Owens) and Waylon Jennings
Performed by Waylon Jennings
Courtesy of Fervor Records

User Reviews

Phenomenal Storytelling and Performances

One of The Glass Castle's strongest aspects is how it takes an experience unique to a small amount of people, and makes it so relatable to the masses. 99% of the people watching this movie have not had an upbringing like Jeanette's, but the film crafts the story in a way that you can form parallels to your own life. This isn't just telling the story of someone's childhood; it becomes a commentary on the ups and downs of family life itself. And that's where The Glass Castle becomes something more profound. Some may have seen this relatability as a simplification of child abuse. But I would disagree. The movie never painted what happened in the film as a good thing. It never tried to spin that the parents for justified for how they chose to raise their kids. Instead, they showed that, when you boil it all down, the dysfunction between Jeanette and her parents stem from the same place as other people's parental issues. Instead of isolating the audience by showing us something completely and utterly foreign to us, they chose to make it relatable so that we could draw comparisons to our own lives...