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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 10 Aug 2017

Due to the herculean task of adaptation, The Glass Castle lacks the emotional potency of Cretton's earlier work and the unflinching detail…

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By Jessica M (658) on 10 Aug 2017

My mom is an artist and my dad always talked about building a glass home. He is also the smartest man I know…

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By Sherrie L (2) on 10 Aug 2017

Wonderful ensemble working with a screenplay that deteriorated as the movie went on. The end was too tidy…

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By Susan P (269) on 10 Aug 2017

I cried my eyes out. In a good way. Great movie…

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By Oliver Whitney (71) for ScreenCrush (954) on 10 Aug 2017

The Glass Castle is nothing like Short Term 12, trading in nuance for glib storytelling while giving Larson little to do…

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By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 10 Aug 2017

Dark, dysfunctional, and filled with blinding hope, this is one glass house that's difficult to throw stones at…

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By Barry Paris (96) for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (258) on 10 Aug 2017

All the performances are compelling, if not convincing…

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By Chris K (1,194) on 10 Aug 2017

I thoroughly enjoyed the book and I was pleased that the film Interpretation not try to sensationalise or overdone emotion it as so often happens…

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By E. Oliver Whitney (111) for ScreenCrush (954) on 10 Aug 2017

The film never figures out how to merge Jeannette’s younger and older perspectives into one cohesive voice…

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By Josh Terry (603) for Deseret News, Salt Lake City (1) on 10 Aug 2017

Cretton gives The Glass Castle an epic grace that, while emotionally exhausting, never feels contrived or heavy-handed…

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By Trevorsview (136) on 10 Aug 2017

We usually prefer to think of ourselves as better off without our family, taking on trials by ourselves…

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By Leonard Maltin (609) for leonardmaltin.com (584) on 10 Aug 2017

A deeply-felt adaptation of journalist Jeannette Walls's best-selling memoir about growing up with impoverished and irresponsible parents…

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By Epicladysponge (1,102) on 10 Aug 2017

The Glass Castle had its few moments of shines and tears to wipe away, but under the hood is where the film relies a huge problem on…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Vox (725) on 09 Aug 2017

For most of the movie’s runtime, it seems like a story about coming to grips with your complicated feelings about the past, but by the end,…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 09 Aug 2017

Even if The Glass Castle isn't as sturdy as it should be, it's a strong effort that can survive a few cracks…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 09 Aug 2017

It’s both too tidy and too messy, and at the same time neither quite wild nor quite sensible enough…

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By Jose Solís Mayén (28) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 09 Aug 2017

When you're lacking a magnetic star in the lead, and the screenplay is trying to decide whether it wants to be Dardenne or Disney, it's nothing…

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By Matt Goldberg (248) for Collider (1,032) on 09 Aug 2017

Walls' story constantly meets the limitations of cinematic storytelling…

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By Jake Cole (292) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 09 Aug 2017

As in Destin Daniel Cretton’s previous feature, Short Term 12, the oscillations between sociological horror and misty-eyed sentimentality…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Movie Mom (753) on 09 Aug 2017

What's wisest and most significant is that the film becomes more than the story of survival…

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