The Glass House Movie Review 2001

With a brittle plot you can see right through, this flick is aptly named. After their parents are killed in a car accident, 16-year-old Ruby (Sobieski) and her little brother Rhett (Morgan) are sent to live with their former neighbors Erin and Terry Glass (Lane and Skarsgaard). The Glasses live in a swanky glass mansion with all the charm of a Windex bottle. Although they lavish the kids with clothes and gadgets, Ruby begins to suspect what we already know: evil stepparents! Ruby then tries to tell all the adults in her life that the Glasses have ugly streaks, but no one believes her or even suggests a rinsing agent. Obvious plot devices and cliched techniques (including the ever-popular "tinkling danger piano music") shatter what could have been a great thriller given the cast and concept.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 111 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Creepy Houses, Brothers & Sisters, Psycho-Thriller, L.A., Teen Horror, Inheritance, Aunts & Uncles, Nieces & Nephews

Screenplay

Wesley Strick

Cast

Leelee Sobieski, Stellan Skarsgard, Diane Lane, Trevor Morgan, Bruce Dern, Kathy Baker, Christopher Noth, Rita Wilson, Michael O'Keefe, Vyto Ruginis

Cinematography

Alar Kivilo

Director

Daniel Sackheim

Music

Christopher Young

Other

Mark McNabb, Howard E. Smith, Sarah Knowles, Chrisi Karvonides Dushenko, Jon Gary Steele

Producer

Neal H. Moritz, Original Film, Columbia Pictures