Spoonixel Amateur movie with Big budget

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

nultya-59147 I was surprised to find out that this movie was based on real events. The content of the fabrications made by Glass in this movie are completely outrageous. Stephen Glass is one of those people who needs constant reassurance and asks questions like "Are you mad," which I found quite annoying. I thought the movie was entertaining, but it could have been more clear with the format. The only part that really confused me was the part where he went back to the school. I wasn't sure if the students in the classroom were real or fake, but the looks Stephen was giving the young girl in the second row were creepy. I would recommend this movie to you if you are looking for what not to do as a journalist.

Tom Dooley The synopsis of this film is very straightforward – a young and up and coming journalist, Stephen Glass, lands a job at the prestigious and influential news magazine 'The New Republic'. He is very much the rising star and apparent darling of his editor (Hank Azaria). He seems to have a nose for news and finds things other just don't even get a sniff at.Then one of his stories is challenged and all of a sudden he is revealed for the fraud that he really is. What follows is a gripping tale where I found my sentiments go through a complete shift when you see how duplicitous he actually was.This is based on a real story and is amazing that someone could have gotten away with it for so long – some three years from 1995 to 1998. The actors here are excellent especially Hayden Christensen as the baby faced Glass. Peter Sarsgaard as Chuck puts in an emotionally under played performance too. This though is an ensemble piece and the whole thing has a quality feel from start to finish; a real gem of a film that I find easy to recommend.

SnoopyStyle Stephen Glass (Hayden Christensen) is a young ace reporter for The New Republic. The magazine is heralded as the inflight magazine of Air Force One. Glass is personable and his stories are fabulously enticing. He expertly weaves his fables with panache. Chuck Lane (Peter Sarsgaard) is originally a reporter, but then gets elevated to editor. Chuck is the exact opposite of Glass. He is reserved, and stickler for the work. As a reporter, he struggles to keep up with Glass's flashier stories. As an editor, nobody trusts him. When Glass's article on computer hackers is questioned by an online publication, things spin out of control.The true story is shocking. And the movie portrays it with realism. This is probably Hayden's greatest performance. He has the boyish charm that makes all those lies believable. But he also has a twitchy quality about him. It's also believable that he made up all those lies. This is infinitely better than the Star Wars debacle. Peter Sarsgaard has that quiet intensity that is perfect for his role.The only thing I didn't like was the older lady at the end when she says that if only they had pictures.... That's not necessarily any solution. Pictures can be doctored just as easily. And pictures can distract any fact checkers. I don't know if somebody actually said that in real life. But it's one line that I'd rather cut out.I think it's too bad that Hayden Christensen will always have the Star Wars movies hanging over him. It overshadows some good work in this movie. He needs to find these types of roles that can challenge his acting skills.

danielle davis Shattered Glass, the true story of Steven Glass, was an OK movie. It didn't really put me to the edge of my seat, but I wasn't so bored to the point that I found myself scrolling through Facebook rather than paying attention. The movie shows good examples on how lying screws people over in the long run. Steven Glass is a good example of a pathological liar, and how sometimes starting off with one lie has to lead to a lot more than expected. Steven Glass, a writer for The New Republic, sat there and wrote multiple articles about people that didn't exist, a company that didn't exist, and places that didn't exist. Steven did this multiple times and got away with it until his original editor got fired and one of his coworkers stepped up to take the position. The new editor was obviously more dedicated to this job than the previous one because it did not take him long to figure out that Steven's piece Hack Heaven was completely fabricated. Later on, this new editor figures out that 27 out of his 44 pieces were partially, if not completely, fabricated. All in all, this movie was just OK. There were no parts in this movie that made me really ponder what was going to happen next. Shattered Glass was very predictable and quite frankly I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that didn't feel like getting ticked off about the whole scenario.