The Glass House
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: September 14, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
6
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Washington PostStephen Hunter
It is surprising that no matter how much we know what will happen, we never stop watching. Read full review
70
New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. Thompson
While the specifics of the plot are often as fragile as an actual glass house, those looking for a good night of disposable entertainment will find it here. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Something that gets your motor racing briefly, but which you've seen all too often. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldPhilip Wuntch
A workmanlike thriller that works. The film is a victory for both first-time feature director Daniel Sackheim and budding star Leelee Sobieski. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Has a good cast, a nicely sustained mood of paranoia and several genuinely creepy moments, but ultimately ends up being one more highly formulaic teen screamer. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyTy Burr
As the supporting cast gets winnowed away, though, we're left with a cat-and-mouse game between girl and murderous faux-dad that's simply boilerplate. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
If you want to see a great movie about a couple of kids endangered by a sinister guardian, rent "Night of the Hunter." Watching The Glass House has all the elements for a better film, but doesn't trust the audience to keep up with them. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
The standout performances by Sobieski and Skarsgaard, and the sense of foreboding aided by the deliberate pace of this suspenseful script, polish off the rough edges. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The cast, including genre veteran Bruce Dern as a kindly lawyer, do their best with the material, but you can't make a crackling thriller out of soggy cliches. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyManohla Dargis
Ludicrous but not quite the howler it could and should have been. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
This is trash on a big budget, but trash nonetheless. Read full review
20
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Psychological thrillers depend on convincing audiences to suspend disbelief, but this one doesn't manage that for a moment.
20
The New York TimesDana Stevens
The Glass House is hardly insane, just absurd, and the only damage it does is to itself. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
It may be lulling to know, almost from the outset, where the plot is going, but thrilling -- or even psychological -- it is not.
20
Austin ChronicleSteve Davis
It is truly one of the year's dumbest movies. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
So laughably awful that it begs to have stones thrown at it; it's a wonder it got made at all. Read full review
10
VarietyRobert Koehler
There's nothing in genredom quite so unhinged as the badly made psycho-thriller, and long before it's over, The Glass House collapses from wretched design and execution. Read full review
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