Atom User Reviews for The Glass Castle

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To finally get to see the one book I took and held dear to me back in high school on the big screen was the best thing to happen to me.

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Metacritic

50
Aug 10, 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.

Metacritic review by Kate Taylor
Kate Taylor
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
50
Aug 10, 2017

Even those of us willing to accept that there are many different shades at work here will likely feel the foundation of the film fall out from under us by its conclusion.

Metacritic review by Emily Yoshida
Emily Yoshida
New York Magazine (Vulture)
50
Aug 10, 2017

The Glass Castle is an unfortunately flat and messy adaptation of Jeannette Walls’ best-selling memoir about growing up with extreme poverty and with parents who both inspired and damaged her.

Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News