Presents Glass as a masterfully corrupt fabulist who convinced himself of the ultimate seductive lie, which is that there can't be anything wrong with telling people what they want to hear.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
The interplay between Glass and Lane is riveting and rigorous.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
Writer-director Ray has a no-fuss style that is quietly, thoroughly gripping.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dana Stevens
An astute and surprisingly gripping drama not only about the ethics of magazine writing, but also, more generally, about the subtle political and psychological dynamics of modern office culture.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The movie is smart about journalism because it is smart about offices; the typical newsroom is open space filled with desks, and journalists are actors on this stage; to see a good writer on deadline with a big story is to watch not simply work but performance.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
You get the sense that there's probably more to the story than you get here. But the movie's moral will soon be indelible: You just can't fake it in the Internet age.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
In a sense, Shattered Glass is a parenthetical horror movie in which someone discovers (or worse, denies) the monster within themselves.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
What is a most pleasant surprise is how emotionally involving a story writer-director Billy Ray has fashioned, how he's turned Shattered Glass into a film for anyone who cares about strong drama.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
May be light when it comes to psychological questions, but its detailed accounting of Glass' actions makes for fascinating viewing.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
The film never digs deep enough into the pressures on Glass from his family, his peers and himself to achieve psychological depth. But as an inside look into the hothouse of journalism, it's dynamite.Read Full Review »
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