Movie Review Of Jeannette Walls 'Memoir' The Glass Castle

Glass Castle Movie Review The memoir The Glass Castle was written by Jeannette Walls to illustrated the dysfunctional household her siblings and her were apart of growing up. In 2017 the movie adaptation, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, reached movie theaters all over the country and was an instant hit. Many people who also dealt with major struggles growing up related to The Glass Castle on an emotional level. Jeannette was played by actress Brie Larson who did an excellent job of portraying Jeannette in her adult years. Larson’s strong personality made the novel come to life as audiences felt a connection towards the character on the big screen. Although some book readers, as myself, would argue that the film could have included more scenes from the memoir it was good enough for a two hour movie. There were some instances where different scenes from The Glass Castle were combined into a single scene which threw off the whole perspective. …show more content…
Readers would argue that this took away from the time perspective of the events, and also ruins the aggressive mood of the scene. As an example, the scene in the memoir in which Rose Mary and Rex begin arguing over money and not being able to support the family states that, “Their argument continued the next morning.. She was sick, she said, of Dad’s ridiculous dreams and his stupid plans and his empty promises.”(70). The fact that arguments lasted days at a time added to the extremity of Rose Mary and Rex’s relationship as well as the financial situation of the Walls family. In the film Rose Mary and Rex’s argument lasted for only a single