The Glass House
Cast
Leelee Sobieski as Ruby Baker
Diane Lane as Erin Glass
Stellan Skarsg�rd as Terrence 'Terry' Glass
Bruce Dern as Begleiter
Kathy Baker as Nancy Ryan
Directed by
Daniel Sackheim
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Rater #2
5/10. Are you tired of the already-clich�d genre of teen "horror-thriller"
movies? Then skip The Glass House, yet another entry into this
overgrowing yet popular series of movies that appeal to few, as the
average critic's rating can show.
Leelee Sobieski is Ruby Baker, a rebellious 16-year-old. Her brother
Rhett (Trevor Morgan) is a typical 11-year-old who loves video games.
One day, however, their parents die in a car accident and they are
sent to live with family friends, Terry and Erin Glass (Stellan
Skarsg�rd and Diane Lane). They have a huge Beverly Hills house made
out of-you guessed it-glass. However, Ruby and Rhett's parents left
over $4 million in inheritance, and could the Glasses be after that
money, or is it Ruby's overacting teenage imagination? You get three
guesses and the first two don't count.
One or two tense scenes and good acting by one person does not a good
movie make. The predictability of it all is just stunning, and, in
case you couldn't tell some things, director Daniel Sackheim (TV's
Kingpin) decided to show every single detail so we could understand
what was happening. It's to my understanding that most movies are
supposed to have a little air of mystery, a little cliffhanger,
something to keep you guessing, to keep you enthralled. No such luck
here, since everything here was so thudding obvious, it wasn't any
fun to watch.
One of the only good parts of an otherwise degrading film was
Skarsg�rd. He is a powerful leading man (incidentally, his
performance in The Glass House is similar to his performance in the
subpar, 1997 Norwegian Insomnia), and it showed here, except he
wasn't the lead. One of those supposed up-and-coming stars that fade
out after their one "hit" when they're praised for their acting when
actually they overact is Sobieski. She seemed excited to play a lead,
and tried hard, but it just didn't work. Lane has almost no screen
time, making her subplot about being addicted to insulin worthless.
There were one or two tense scenes, but unsuspenseful scenes of
mediocrity surrounded them. I think that since all of it was so
predictable, that really killed the suspense. If you want to see a
worse teen horror-thriller, see Swimfan. But if you want a mediocre
one, then see The Glass House
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Rated PG-13 for sinister thematic elements, violence, drug content and language.
Running time: 106 minutes
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