Shattered Glass

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Landon J I picked this up because of an interest in Hayden Christensen's other roles. Funny, it seems he wasn't able to escape his Starwars typecast with this one? Playing another highly capable youth with a troubled personality, ending with a downfall... I liked this actually as despite the previous comment, was compelling. Even though it feels kindof one dimensional towards the end. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/08/24 Full Review Les M Very good movie based on the true story of Stephen Glass fabricating stories when he worked as a writer for New Republic from 1995 to 1998. Hayden Christensen is good as Stephen Glass, but Peter Sarsgaard's performance as Chuck Lane is very good and even garnered him a Golden Globe nomination. Steve Zahn is also very good as the competitor who discovers that Hacker Heaven was a fictitious article. Chloë Sevigny and Melanie Lynskey were underutilized, so we did not know why their characters were so loyal to Stephen Glass (and to Hank Azaria's character, the former editor of New Republic, Michael Kelly). This is a difficult movie to give a rating to because it was very good in many ways yet felt like an incomplete movie in some ways. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/30/24 Full Review Mekhi W Quite possibly one of the best Journalism movies out there. Hayden Christensen perfectly plays the manipulative innocent role extremely well while Peter Sarsgaard puts on an extremely well second half performance. Shattered Glass has writing and drama that is smart, logical, and gripping enough to please even average moviegoers. The film also questions and analyzes the problems with Journalism culture and integrity, problems that still haven't dated even today. Whether you are a Journalist or not, this is a must-watch. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/28/24 Full Review Josh D The script is brilliantly written with one exception. The reason for Glass's past falsification of work is never explained. However, a terrific and wonderfully awkward performance from Hayden Christensen will distract you from this fact if you aren't looking for it. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/13/23 Full Review Jerod S Stephen Glass was just making stuff up for his articles...and it was working until someone fell upon his story about a phony hacker conference. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/31/23 Full Review Steve C I want to make a wise crack about him liking sand and glass, since glass is made from sand. A missed opportunity here ... I'll just use the Padame meme: Anakin: "I fabricated that last article". Padame: "But the others you wrote were genuine". Anakin is silent. Padame: "The others were genuine, right?" Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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