Shattered Glass

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Christopher P. @RT38888805 Apr 8 It was just, boring. See more Rich S @RPS1963 Dec 31 There are a few good reasons to watch the story of Stephen Glass, the subject of Shattered Glass. It's a factual account of Glass and his short time at The New Republic. He is outed as a fabricator of his own made-up stories and, ultimately, a flat-out liar. Without knowing him, that's how I perceive him to be. Director Billy Ray and writer Buzz Bissinger take an interesting view on the story. They make Glass (Hayden Christensen) the storyteller. He is the guest speaker in a classroom where he learned how to be a Journalist. There he tells the story of his short career at The New Republic. The cast is excellent and includes a few gems like Rosario Dawson and Melanie Lynskey. Peter Sarsgaard is Chuck Lane, the editor and foil for Glass. Hank Azaria is the former boss who gives Glass his excuse to be so bold as to lace everything he writes with lies. See more Leaburn O @RT35452347 Dec 23 Impressively directed because you feel duped for half the film into thinking we’re watching the hero. Like rest of the cast were duped. It’s an interesting, short, office drama. Acting is good and something we can all partially relate to. We all know a charlatan at work. Enjoyed and watched on Amazon Prime. See more Ed . @RT01276001 Aug 29 Flattered brass, rep a tattered morass. I regret never putting Jukt Micronics on my resume. Sycophant Stephen must have been a psychiatrist's dream patient. When you've concocted one phony story you'd feel guilty. When you've made up a few you're like a serial killer who can't stop. In hindsight if you read any of his stories it's so obviously BS you wonder how any editor could have fallen for them. But they did, time and time again. If only the Glasshole could have come up with the equivalent of a Bobby Ewing dream episode to save himself. Great performances by Hayden, Chloe and Peter. See more SkyRo P @TheMovieSearch Jun 15 Shattered Glass is a Golden Globe–nominated film that stars Hayden Christensen as Stephen Glass, a young journalist who finds success writing for a high-profile magazine. His career skyrockets as he produces a stream of remarkable stories — but it soon becomes clear that many of those stories were entirely fabricated in order to advance his own reputation. The film is based on true events and follows the real-life scandal that unfolded when it was discovered that Glass made up much of his reporting. It’s a character-centric story that focuses on deception, ethics, and the pressure journalists face in a competitive industry. Overall, I liked Shattered Glass. It’s a decent film — not one I’d rush back to watch again, mainly because it’s heavy on dialogue and light on action. But that’s something you should expect going in; this isn’t a thriller with dramatic set-pieces — it’s a slow, deliberate story about fraud and the people it affected. It’s worth a watch once, especially if you’re interested in true stories about media and ethics, but it’s not a film I’d revisit frequently. See more J T @UtahRondo Jun 5 Interesting moments, but not as compelling as I would have hoped. Needed a bit more punch to be worthy of a movie. I thought the two leads did a good job, Christensen was really good. But it was more of a slow burn that never got very bright. See more Read all reviews

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