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Actors: Leelee Sobieski, Stellan Skarsgard
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Glass House
A girl (Ruby) and her brother (Rhett) lose their parents in a car crash. Ruby sets out to find the truth about her parents' deaths
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar


Analysis of Glass House
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%



How difficult to spot villain? - Somewhat obvious
Time/Era of Movie: - present (2000-2010)
Murder Mystery? Yes
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 40%
Kind of mystery? - amateur citizen investigator

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - blonde
Hair style - medium/shoulderlgn, straight (woman)
Body type - skinny (woman)
Events of movie makes character more... - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - businessman, big
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings

Setting
United States Yes
Mountains/Cliffs Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel... - excited
How many deaths in film? - 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only
How much use of techno gadgets? - 2 (a little)
Kind of violence: - hand to hand - guns - knives
Unusual forms of death - run over - flamed - impaled
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
If this is a kid's movie... - Ages 10-15
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