Review of The Glass House (2001) by Omotestgump — 04 May 2023

Lily Sobieski, Stellan Skarsgard, Diane Lane, and quite a few famous actors are in the film. I didn't find anything particularly bad about Stellan Skarsgard's performance, but the script makes it quite funny.

The film is about a sister and brother who are taken in by a neighbor with whom they had a close relationship after the death of their parents. Well, it is the usual story of how the older sister gradually becomes suspicious of them.

The screenplay is quite shaky. The first half of the film is like Clueless. When the main characters' parents die and the story begins to move, it seems mysterious at first glance, but in fact it only suggests that the story is about to begin to move, but it does not move. This state of affairs continues for a long time, and what could have been a story that conveys the relationship between the sister and brother becomes a dark story that is 500 times thinner than Pulp Fiction.

The film does not give the audience time to think about the truth of the mystery and quickly spoils the story. The cause or truth of the mystery. Even though the film nitpicks a few mysteries early on, it doesn't stay on the mystery track until the end, letting Diane Lane get sentimental, and letting Lily Sobieski, who is supposed to be 16 years old, do tricks that only an adult with specialized knowledge could do, and act in a way that makes no sense. To be honest, I don't know what this film is trying to say, and it probably doesn't have much to say. This vague script makes me question the very raison d'etre of the film itself.

Who in the world is this movie for? The core horror fans will probably see it as a comedy. The average moviegoer won't like it, and maybe it will stick with immature 13-year-olds. It's a movie for beginners like that. Some people may find the movie creepy, but at least it's not scary.

And the title is "The Glass House." It's funny. The producers probably meant the house (Stellan Skarsgard and Diane Lane live in a house with a lot of glass) and the family relationship (meaning brittle glass). In reality, it's probably about the movie and the script.

Sadly, the film is wrong in all the wrong places, but I don't think there is anything wrong with the acting, and with a few mistakes corrected it could have been a great thriller. Fixing one mistake first would have made the movie better. The film's less tense, action-like scenes, which set the Testarossa and Jaguar up for an accident, wrecked the film significantly. This is my guess, or maybe it is my imagination, but I guess they got into trouble and decided to do something about it by way of an accident. It's convenient. It gives a sense of urgency to the action without much thought (well, it didn't really give a sense of urgency, it was just a mess). The first mistake is this. If they had money to blow up Ferraris and Jaguars, they should have hired a better scriptwriter.