Shattered Glass
Shattered Glass
PG-13 | 14 November 2003 (USA)
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The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at The New Republic for three years. Looking for a short cut to fame, Glass concocted sources, quotes and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever, and eventually, his world came crumbling down.

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Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Erica Derrick

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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Kaydan Christian

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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Marva

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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bombersflyup

While I found Shattered Glass aggravating, it was incredibly engrossing and I loved it.The reason I found it aggravating is that Stephen Glass is quite an annoying individual and I can't really accept that someone didn't call BS every time he spoke. Being based on true events, the stories told in the film must have been vastly over the top compared to anything that really happened for any of it to work. Peter Sarsgaard and Steve Zahn were terrific and Christensen must have done a great job playing the role, because I hated the character and wanted to witness his demise. Chloe Sevigny on the hand is horrible here and in every film she has ever been in! Then there is Chad Donella who commanded the screen in the great episode "Hungry" from the X-Files, playing another minor role in a film instead of being the star.

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valleycapfan

Coming in at a mere 93 minutes, this hidden little gem of a movie seems to take a bit longer to watch, but for all the right reasons. Watching a young, bright, but terribly flawed young man commit slow-motion career suicide that both betrays his friends and endangers their own reputations and livelihood is indeed uncomfortable, but is also what makes this film mesmerizing knowing that it is mostly real.Hayden Christensen's portrayal of Stephen Glass is that of a rather pathetic character whose willingness to not only deceive his readers and colleagues in pursuit of instant fame but also to continue to dig his professional grave ever deeper rather than cop to his fraud. Christensen's performance is convincing and workmanlike but not particularly memorable.The performance that IS memorable - so much that his character becomes the moral center of the film and steals the show - is that by Peter Sarsgaard of editor Charles Lane. Anyone who has been unwillingly thrust into a seemingly premature promotion under unfavorable circumstances (in this case replacing a much-loved editor who's been fired for sticking up for his writers) can immediately appreciate Lane's discomfort. That discomfort, expertly exuded by Sarsgaard, becomes interlaced with panic and eventually anger as he slowly realizes the magnitude of Glass' fraud and his ever-more-desperate attempts to maintain it. While his anger grows, so does his confidence in his own abilities, which is demonstrated with expert subtlety.The film's ability to end on an upbeat note, as the writing staff finally comes to appreciate Lane's predicament and concern for their feelings and reputations, both of which have been damaged by the colleague they've wrongfully defended most of the film, is welcome.The only criticism of this film is that it never really explains what was unique about Glass that made him fabricate stories, sources, and characters on such a scale. Most professional writers seek the approval of their peers, readers, and editors and the success that comes with getting great stories printed, but don't normally go to Glass' lengths to reach those goals. What drove Glass to go in such a misguided direction is never laid out.

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Jayakumar k

"Shattered Glass" is a very humane account of true events that unfolds in the life of Journalist Stephen Glass. This is also a story of man who uses his will and wimp to rise on the top of ladder by manipulation and deceit.Hayden Christensen as Stephen Glass justifies the role completely. He is commendable in portraying dark side of Glass subtly.Rest of the cast has also done a good job. A really intelligent script with good cast, Shattering Glass is an intelligent movie with a really humane storyline.Watch this movie, if you like a good cleverly crafted thriller...

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kilbornc

I watched this movie in my journalism class. I loved watching it because it was suspenseful and very action-filled. In the movie, Stephen Glass was a writer for the "New Republic". I thought he was a really good writer and knew how to write for an audience. He went from a really likable guy to someone who everyone despised because he was a pathological liar. This movie taught me that it is important to always make sure you have the right facts and if you are checking other people's facts, make sure that their sources are reliable and the facts that they write down are real. At first, I thought Glass was being tricked by the computer hackers, but he was actually the one tricking everyone else. Once I realized this, I didn't like him anymore. Overall, I think the actors did an excellent job of teaching that plagiarism and fabrication are never good. If you want to write fiction do not be a journalist.

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