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Actors: Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgard
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Glass House |
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After their parents die in a car accident, A teen girl and her little brother are taken in by a couple who are family friends.
The girl, Ruby, learns that her parents left them a large inheritance.
Ruby is suspicious of her new guardians. She begins uncovering clues that indicate that the couple killed her parents so they could adopt them and steal their inheritance.
Ruby tries to tell her parents' lawyer and the social services lady, but the couple is always one step ahead of her. Ruby tries to escape several times, but is always caught.
Ruby begins placing phone calls and exposing some of the couple's problems. The woman loses her medical license due her drug problem and the man is exposed for fraud and his debt to a lone shark.
The woman, distraught, kills herself by overdosing.
The man locks the kids in the basement, but before he can do anything, two goons show up and take him away and their car crashes.
The kids get out and are picked up by a cop who stops to check out the crash. The man knocks the cop out and goes after the kids.
Ruby gets behind the wheel and runs him over, killing him.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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After Ruby (Sobieski) and Rhett's parents die, the Glass family is appointed to be their guardians. All seems well, at first, but Ruby begins to notice disturbing things about the Glass family. She becomes more and more suspicious, especially since her parents left her and her brother with a large trust fund. Mr. Glass, who on the surface has a thriving business, seems to be having some financial difficulties, and Mrs. Glass has her own problems as well. Convinced that she and her brother are in danger, Ruby tries to collect evidence of the things she suspects, and she tries to get her and her brother away from the Glass house. Unfortunately, no one seems to believe her, and her brother is happy with his new life.
--Melissa Cookson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Glass House |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Step Parent(s)
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) skinny
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- General European
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- general circumstances
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- red
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
- Some foul language
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