Shattered Glass
He'd do anything to get a great story.
He'd do anything to get a great story.
Drama, History
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2003
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Stephen Glass is a staff writer for the respected current events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance feature writer for publications such as Rolling Stone, Harper's and George. By the mid-90s, Glass' articles had turned him into one of the most sought-after young journalists in Washington, but a bizarre chain of events - chronicled in Buzz Bissinger's September 1998 Vanity Fair article - suddenly stopped his career in its tracks.
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Runtime:
94 min
Release date:
14 Nov 2003
Country:
CA, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$6,000,000
Revenue:
$2,944,752
Awards:
11 wins & 28 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Does a superb job in presenting four of the five journalistic 'Ws' of its story: the who, what, where and when. It fails, however, on the essential 'why' of the tale.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
28 Nov 2003
rotten:
What are we to learn from this? Not the broad lesson that every line of work has its share of charlatans: The script is way too pious to swallow such a generic pill. And not anything important about Glass, since there's no real character examination.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
28 Nov 2003
fresh:
A sober, wry and often riveting account of an infamous moment in journalism.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
26 Nov 2003
fresh:
As directed by Billy Ray, the film has an exceptionally tight focus and a fascinating story to tell.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
14 Nov 2003
fresh:
Reminds you how our culture's emphasis on success and stardom in any field -- and the betrayal of ethics to attain them -- has a cumulative, corrosive effect on society, no matter how small the stage may be.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
14 Nov 2003