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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88PremiereGlenn KennyPremiereGlenn KennyAgainst very steep odds, writer-director Billy Ray and company have, in telling the real-life story of fictionalizing "New Republic" writer Stephen Glass and his downfall, produced the most entertaining inside-journalism movie since "All the President's Men."
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThe film never digs deep enough into the pressures on Glass from his family, his peers and himself to achieve psychological depth. But as an inside look into the hothouse of journalism, it's dynamite.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliMay be light when it comes to psychological questions, but its detailed accounting of Glass' actions makes for fascinating viewing.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenAlthough the substance could have used more visual style, Ray tells an uncluttered story and draws strong performances from his actors.
- 70VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyCredibly and absorbingly relates the tale of journalistic fraud perpetrated by young writer Stephen Glass at the New Republic five years back.
- 70The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasShattered Glass simply sinks its teeth into a juicy story, never better than when Sarsgaard methodically paints the sniveling Christensen into a corner.
- 70L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorFar and away the strongest performance in Shattered Glass is Peter Sarsgaard’s.
- 60New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerWriter-director Billy Ray is so eager to be fair-minded about everything and everyone that you can't help thinking he's a patsy, too. If he directed a movie of Othello, he'd probably try to make us feel warm and fuzzy about poor, misunderstood Iago.
- 50The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneAs a whole, Shattered Glass is carefully constructed, intently played, and shot with creepy calm. It is also, by a considerable margin, the most ridiculous movie I have seen this year. [3 November 2003, p. 104]
- 50Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanThe Sarsgaard slow burn is only marginally more compelling than the Christensen simper; like its subject, the movie is self-important yet insipid.