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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 13 Aug 2017

Clocks in at two hours and seven minutes but it's so intense that I was hardly aware of the time…

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By Thelma Adams (133) for New York Observer (1,400) on 13 Aug 2017

There are heart-tugging moments in The Glass Castle, but Walls’s bestselling memoir needed to be roughed up and aired out…

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By Stephen Silver (684) for Splice Today (140) on 13 Aug 2017

Fans of the book, and Walls' other writing, may appreciate the film- but otherwise, there's not much reason to see it…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 12 Aug 2017

Slickly sanitized, Destin Daniel Cretton's screen adaptation of Jeanette Walls' candid memoir succumbs to sentimentality…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 12 Aug 2017

By laminating Walls’ story with a Hollywood sheen, the narrative climaxes in an artificial and contrived manner…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 10 Aug 2017

The story is certainly interesting enough and the performances are all good…

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By Will Leitch (411) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 10 Aug 2017

The Glass Castle is a two-hour fight between a messy, sad, angry real-life family story and a Hollywood movie that keeps trying to soften all…

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By Kate Taylor (347) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 10 Aug 2017

The fault in the film lies as much with Cretton’s script, which he co-wrote with Andrew Lanham, as it does with his direction…

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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 10 Aug 2017

It's not so much harrowing as it is repetitive, and the film gets stuck in a single gear it can't get itself out of…

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By Piers Marchant (131) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 10 Aug 2017

There's nothing inherently wrong with the film, though it has certainly been made more glossy and smooth than the source text, but there's…

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By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 10 Aug 2017

A drunken father hoping for forgiveness as his life ends? It's an all too common story that, frankly, doesn't need another telling…

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By Mike Mcgranaghan (1,821) for Aisle Seat (1,783) on 10 Aug 2017

Deeply touching…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 10 Aug 2017

The film embraces the charm and the chaos, the light and the dark, in a moving melodrama about a woman who finds herself by accepting her past…

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By James Verniere (1,180) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 10 Aug 2017

I'd rather stick skewers in my ears than listen to Woody Harrelson blather for over two hours as film's bullying, alcoholic father…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 10 Aug 2017

Despite its muddled structure, the strong performances and even-handed perspective on irregular parenting and lasting family bonds successfully…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 10 Aug 2017

Based on Walls' best-selling memoir, this drama could have been edgier, but it follows a certain genre type, comfortably presenting itself…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 10 Aug 2017

The movie itself is frequently tiresome, moving around in such turgid circles of despair and ennui…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 10 Aug 2017

It’s a well-made film with strong performances, and it by no means shies away from some of the more shocking and tragic episodes from Jeannette’s…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 10 Aug 2017

It all adds up to a nuanced and emotional tale, anchored by equally fine performances by Larson and Anderson…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 10 Aug 2017

The Glass Castle is at odds with itself. Maybe that contradiction is by design…

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