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By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 08 Aug 2017

Cretton builds up a good deal of dramatic credibility in The Glass Castle, only to have it undermined by generic and artificial epiphanies…

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By Shirley Sealy (140) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 08 Aug 2017

One of the best memoir-to-movie efforts we've seen in a long while…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 08 Aug 2017

Uneven, as the film is much better at depicting Walls's childhood than her adult life, but overall a solid piece of summer counter-programming…

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By Ariel Scotti (22) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 08 Aug 2017

The Glass Castle is a family portrait that at its heart is a father-daughter movie, anchored by two outstanding actors…

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By Chris Stuckmann (217) for ChrisStuckmann.com (205) on 08 Aug 2017

The Glass Castle's story is packed with darkness, but the film mistakenly tries to uplift us at every turn, asking us to smile while we watch…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for The Tracking Board (28) on 07 Aug 2017

An erratic but emotional adaptation of Jeannette Wallis' memoir…

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By Mara Reinstein (308) for MaraMovies.com (42) on 06 Aug 2017

Instead of a triumphant tale about perseverance, we get a glossed-over love letter to the joys of quirky hippie-dippy parenting…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 05 Aug 2017

Even while gesturing toward a redemptive sacred altar, a default mode for parenthood in many mainstream movies, the director lets the messy…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for TheWrap (3,203) on 05 Aug 2017

In Cretton’s hands, this fact-based tale of an oddball, destitute upbringing rings false…

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By Scott Menzel (120) for We Live Entertainment (357) on 05 Aug 2017

The Glass Castle isn't an easy watch but is easily one of the best films of the year…

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By John Hazelton (142) for Screen International (2,241) on 05 Aug 2017

Brie Larson and Destin Daniel Cretton, star and director, respectively, of 2013 festival favourite Short Term 12, re-team for the affecting,…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 05 Aug 2017

Cretton captures the incidents of Walls’ childhood (too many of them, to be honest, as the film really ought to be half an hour shorter),…

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By Tomris Laffly (460) for Time Out (7,510) on 05 Aug 2017

The richly built The Glass Castle—splendidly attentive to the details of the Walls's eclectic childhood home and elevated by Ella Anderson's…

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