Glass House: The Good Mother

"A mother's love is unconditional."

2006 1h 34m EN

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Synopsis

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One year after losing their son David, Eve Goode and her husband Raymond Goode adopt the orphan Ethan Snow (and his teenager sister Abby Snow and bring them to their mansion nearby a lake. Abby faces difficulties of adaptation in her new home, and she confronts Eve, who proves to be deranged and unstable. When Ethan gets sick, Abby tries to contact their friend, detective Ben Koch, and she realizes that her brother and she are trapped in the house.

“A mother's love is unconditional.”

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Cast

Angie Harmon
Eve Goode
Joel Gretsch
Raymond Goode
Jordan Hinson
Abby Snow
Bobby Coleman
Ethan Snow
Jason London
Ben Koch
Tasha Smith
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Steve Antin
Writers: Brett Merryman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Glass House Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Steve Antin, shot by Bobby Bukowski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Joan Sobel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Angie Harmon and Joel Gretsch and Jordan Hinson carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A mother's love is unconditional.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0498348 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Steve Antin directs. Bobby Bukowski behind the camera. Joan Sobel cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 20 years ago.
2Part of the "The Glass House Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Steve Antin, shot by Bobby Bukowski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Joan Sobel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Angie Harmon and Joel Gretsch and Jordan Hinson carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A mother's love is unconditional.".
8IMDB entry: tt0498348 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Bobby Bukowski
Editing: Joan Sobel
Production design: Mark Zuelzke
Costume design: Rob Saduski
Makeup / hair: Leah Rial
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Glass House: The Good Mother (2006)

Part of

The Glass House Collection

The Glass House from 2001 were followed by the direct to dvd movie Glass House: The Good Mother in 2006. Are you're adoptive parents really who they say they are?

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Wuchak2019-08-08
★ 5/10
An idyllic house (mansion) is not necessarily a home An orphaned teen girl (Jordan Hinson) & her little brother start a new life in remote Simi Valley, Ca, with their adoptive parents (Angie Harmon & Joel Gretsch), a seemingly-ideal couple who tragically lost their son a year earlier. Jason London is on hand as the kid’s acting-godfather. “Glass House: The Good Mother” (2006) naturally has a similar plot to the first film, but the kids are a little younger here and, as the title implies, the mother is now the key adversary. Being a direct-to-video release it lacks the budget of the first film with Leelee Sobieski and Stellan Skarsgård (2001) and therefore lacks the theatrical pizazz thereof, having a Lifetime movie vibe. As with that first movie, the awesome mansion itself is a highlight, located just a dozen miles north of the Glass manor used in the previous flick (in real-life). Unlike the first film, however, the actors are all no-names. Yet they rise to the challenge, especially Harmon as the increasingly not-good mother and Hinson as the formidable girl, who essentially becomes the “final girl” à la slasher flicks. Not that this is a horror movie, but there is that element. It’s more realistic than the conventional slasher, which typically involve some eye-rolling psycho wearing a mask and brandishing a machete, etc. Here, the diabolic individual is more every-day and perfectly harmless on the surface, which somehow makes it more chilling. The flick effectively addresses the mental illness factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA), aka Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP). These types of psychos actually exist, unfortunately. The film runs 1 hour, 34 minutes, and was shot in Simi Valley, Ca, with some stuff done in Hollywood. GRADE: C

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