Glass House: The Good Mother (2006) (V)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Steve Antin

Writers (WGA):

Brett Merryman (written by)
Wesley Strick (characters)

Release Date:

3 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

She makes Mommie Dearest look like an angel.

Plot:

One year after losing their son David, Eve Goode and her husband Raymond Goode adopt the orphan Ethan...

Plot Keywords:

Brother | Lake | Orphan | Sister | Sequel

Cast

Angie Harmon	...	Eve Goode
Joel Gretsch	...	Raymond Goode
Jordan Hinson	...	Abby Snow
Bobby Coleman	...	Ethan Snow
Jason London	...	Ben Koch
Tasha Smith	...	Caseworker
Tim Cooney	...	Policeman
Adam Tomei	...	Security Technician
Robert Merrill	...	Paramedic
Cyia Batten	...	Diane (as Cya Batten)

Also Known As:

Glass House: The Good Mother (Australia) (DVD title)
Glass Houses: The Good Mother (USA) (working title)
The Glass House 2 (Europe: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence, terrorizing situations involving children, and language.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Destination Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When Abby is sitting on the stairs after the nighttime needle thing Eve tells her that she's been asleep for three days. Abby immediately freaks out silently and looks down at the area where the needle was injected - on the right arm, the needle (both times) was injected on the left.

Movie Connections:

References Mommie Dearest (1981)

Mommie Dearest..... in a House full of Secrets

High class intense melodrama which had my attention.

Mother loses child and adopts two as replacement; yet the mother and her husband have dark secrets in a house full of them. And on one level this film goes further than child endangerment but into child cruelty and worse.

Excellent photography, generally very good direction with a few blimps near the end.

Super performances from the two female leads which makes the film.

The actress playing the mother is sensationally "bad".

Worthy of a sound: 7/10.