Review of The Glass Castle (2017) by Popcorn55 — 28 Jan 2019

The book was hypnotizing and everybody I know who read it, couldn't put it down -- page by page it's like: incredulous laughter -- "oh my GOD" -- stunned silence -- "wow!"...

Now, it's a very tall order to match this book but they've made a good effort in this film. Woody Harrelson gives an Oscar-worthy performance as the toxic dad. Details from the book are faithfully presented. But this is a personal narrative story that just doesn't transpose strongly to the screen; it's the author's unique voice, and pacing, and style that gives the power to the book, and there's no way to duplicate that in film without actual voice-over. Well worth watching though.