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  • 2016
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  • 2016
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  • 1 h 33 m

Summary John (Jack Reynor) lives with his mother, Jean (Toni Collette), in a social housing suburb and ekes out a meager living as a nocturnal taxi driver. John returns home one morning to find his mother unconscious from an alcohol overdose – this was not the first time. Jean violently rejects John’s attempts to help as well as his intentions ...

Directed By: Gerard Barrett

Written By: Gerard Barrett

  • 2016
  • R
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 33 m

Glassland

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
66
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary John (Jack Reynor) lives with his mother, Jean (Toni Collette), in a social housing suburb and ekes out a meager living as a nocturnal taxi driver. John returns home one morning to find his mother unconscious from an alcohol overdose – this was not the first time. Jean violently rejects John’s attempts to help as well as his intentions ...

Directed By: Gerard Barrett

Written By: Gerard Barrett

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100
Feb 11, 2016
Collette delivers one of the best performances of her already impressive career in Glassland.
By Oktay Ege Kozak FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 8, 2016
It’s a film of few frills or flourishes, which never tries to dress up its subject or soften its blows. Yet in its rage and its pain, in the wire-brush scrub it gives to the movies’ woozily romantic notions of alcoholism, Glassland feels wholly honest and true.
By Mike McCahill FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 10, 2016
Glassland is a small film with an emotional punch that wallops above its weight class.
By Brad Wheeler FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 16, 2016
Glassland is impressive, although Barrett struggles to give this carefully crafted narrative a coherent resolution.
By Fionnuala Halligan FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 11, 2016
There’s much in the movie to admire until it runs headlong into a stone wall.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 16, 2016
Barrett faces the daunting task of trying to contain Collette's tumultuous performance, and he struggles to make Reynor's more restrained turn work in the same space. The film trudges along in Collette's wake, fumbling for something to focus on apart from the bleeding wound just offscreen.
By Abby Garnett FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 8, 2016
As the determined but fragile son, Reynor has a strong presence, but Collette’s character is too thinly sketched to make much sense.
By Dave Calhoun FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Blank Page Productions, Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board, Element Pictures
Release Date Feb 12, 2016
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating R
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Tagline Sometimes hope begins with sacrifice.
Website https://www.facebook.com/GlasslandFilm
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Awards

Irish Film and Television Awards
• 6 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Netia Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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