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Shattered Glass [DVD] [2004]
enlarge	Director: Billy Ray Actors: Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Zahn, Peter Sarsgaard, Rosario Dawson Studio: MGM Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£15.99~~ Buy New: £1.08 as of 22/11/2009 02:41 GMT details You Save: £14.91 (93%) New (15) Used (16) from £0.84 Seller: fastdvd2006 Rating: 4 reviews Sales Rank: 30600 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 90 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5050070022513 ASIN: B0002ADWZS Theatrical Release Date: 2003 Release Date: October 4, 2004 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Excellent story-driven film March 6, 2005 C. Reid 18 out of 18 found this review helpful I was motivated to write this review by the reviewer who gave the film one star; can't believe anyone could find this film boring. A very 'straight' treatment of the subject - no attempt to psychoanalyse Glass, for example - makes an very compelling and dramatic film. Shows what can be done with a low budget and the right script. Loved it. You must absolutely see this fantastic film!!!!!!! November 25, 2004 EH (Italy) 15 out of 17 found this review helpful Shattered Glass is a complex, moving and exciting film. The best thing about it is the haunting and Oscar-worthy performance by Hayden Christensen, of whom I was really and pleasantly surprised. If you appreciate witty scripts, succeding efforts in bringing a story to life and making the audience reflect and great performances you must see it. Anyone who doesn't appreciate it lacks sensitivity, sense of humour and most of all the brains to understand it. Never suspend constructive disbelief January 6, 2006 Joseph Haschka (Glendale, CA USA) 11 out of 11 found this review helpful SHATTERED GLASS re-creates several days in May 1998 when the disconcertingly young writer phenom for the New Republic, Stephen Glass (Hayden Christensen), was revealed as a fraud when it was discovered by a rival publication that a recent piece Glass had written on a convention of computer hackers was completely bogus. (As the audience learns at the film's end, 27 of 41 of Stephen's articles for the NR, the in-flight magazine on Air Force One, were wholly or partially cooked.) pRather than painting Glass as overtly malicious, this film is more sympathetic. It depicts Stephen as so craving the affection and respect of his colleagues at the NR that he'd go to any extreme to contribute a sensational story for the magazine. It left me wondering what Stephen's home life was like while growing up. However, in contrast to last year's hit CATCH ME IF YOU CAN wherein the featured scam artist was presented almost as a folk hero, at least the creators of SHATTERED GLASS had the honesty to portray its protagonist for the pathetic puppy he apparently was. Christensen was eminently believable as Glass - I despised the character from the very start.pThe hero of this film, if there can be said to be one, is the NR's new managing editor, Chuck Lane (Peter Sarsgaard), who must determine the extent of Stephen's lying ways without alienating the rest of the young staff writers, who already consider him to be the toady of the Big Boss. Sarsgaard's Lane did a splendid job of causing me to suspend my cynicism for a brief moment and actually believe that the NR's collective mea culpa at the finale was actually brought on by a hiccup of journalistic integrity than the fact of getting caught. Funny, though, how the Big Boss wasn't shown as being moved one way or the other. Where was the righteous indignation from that corner?pFor me, SHATTERED GLASS was more of an opportunity for incredulous fascination than entertainment. I suspect that a viewer's appreciation of the film would be enhanced by regular reading of the New Republic, something I've not done even once. (I'm therefore not burdened with the sobriquet intellectual.)pAnd, as we learn before the final credits roll, the real-life Stephen Glass has since finished law school. Isn't that just too precious for words? STAY CLEAR OF THIS FILM!!!!!!!! November 4, 2004 6 out of 40 found this review helpful I have only given this film 1 * as it was essential to be able to write this review. I would prefer to give it half a * or none at all. This must be one of the worst films i have ever seen. The film drags on, for luckily only 90 minutes. The acting is poor from the main character (Stepehen Glass), and is quite hard to believe that his employers could not figure out that nearly every story he had written was fabricated. The fact checkers obviously could'nt do there job properly. Overall found the film very very dull, and would advise all readers to stay clear as it will definitely be a dissappointing watch. Guaranteed!!!

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