The Glass Castle: Movie Analysis

The memoir The Glass Castle, written by author Jeannette Walls was published in March of 2005. In August of 2017 Jeannettes memoir was adapted into a movie by screenplay writers Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Lanham. Some of the actors that starred in the movie were Brie Larson (Jeannette Walls), Naomi Watts (Rose Mary Walls), and Woody Harrelson (Rex Walls). The movie adaption did exceptionally well gaining a gross revenue of 21.70 million USD, but i would not recommend the movie to those who have already read the book and if they haven't read the book then they definitely should not read it after watching the movie, they will just be disappointed. The movie did not meet my expectations in the sense that it did not give near as much detail and it didn't follow the storyline very well. The …show more content…
Jeannette was hospitalized at an early age after trying to cook food for herself; while in the hospital Jeannette seemed to be having the time of her life, she said “You never had to worry about about running out of stuff like food or ice or even chewing gum” (12). This quote is important in this scene because it gives context to how Jeannette was raised. In the movie the nurses and the chewing gum were not brought up at all which I found interesting because they cared a great deal about Jeannette in the book. When Rosemary, Jeanette's mother, found out that the nurses were giving Jeannette chewing gum, she got overly angry saying “I am your mother, and I should have a say in how you’re raised” (12). This is an important piece of