Dan1863Sickles SHATTERED GLASS is a below average thriller, slow moving and predictable with few likable characters and a thoroughly predictable ending. Yet I think you should see it. Because what it gives you is an almost laughably transparent look at how the media elite portray themselves as a sacred brotherhood tested by fire (like the gladiators in SPARTACUS) instead of the spoiled, privileged, ninnies they really are. This Glass guy makes up a few news stories, and when his bosses catch on they run him out of town on a rail. Fine, fair enough. But for heaven's sake, don't act like it doesn't happen all the time! All the big main stream media outlets lie, if not with outright facts then with a smug, self-serving prejudicial slant. They don't call it "fake news" for nothing!I vividly remember serving as a Marine sergeant during Operation Desert Storm, and reading an Op Ed piece from New York Times columnist Anna Quindlen stating that military people like me were "not smart, not rich, not directed enough for college." This hurt a lot, not least because I had just graduated from Columbia College, an Ivy League School! But who needs fact checking when you've got money and privilege? The lies in the editorials suggest there's a lot of truth shading in the articles too. Everyone who writes for classy outlets like the Times and the New Republic goes to the same kind of schools, eats the same kind of food, wears the same kind of clothes, and thinks the same kinds of thoughts. They're all heavily invested in the "myth" of impartial journalism, precisely because it empowers them to go on lying about who they are, where they come from, and how much contempt they have for ordinary Americans. So as you watch this movie, ask yourself what the agenda really is. Some dumb kid gets caught doing what everybody does, and the movie treats him like he's the second coming of Jeffrey Dahmer. Meanwhile, check out a classic baseball movie like EIGHT MEN OUT, about the guys who threw the World Series in 1919. It's the same concept -- professional ethics in peril -- but hey, those guys are just dumb jocks. And we all know blue collar losers aren't REALLY grown ups.

monahans-28050 Shattered Glass is a film that I would not traditionally watch, but I am glad I took the time to watch it. It was very educational on a topic I did not know of before watching the film. It did a very good job of making the viewer feel the way real people involved in this event felt. It made us feel bad for the main character Stephen Glass, and even sympathize with him. It would specifically be a good watch if the viewer is either interested in or involved in journalism. The film depicts a real life event and shows the consequences that come along with journalistic lying. The story is re-told in an interesting and correct way in light of the real events that occurred at the magazine company. The film was well made and I would recommend taking the time to watch it.

constantinok I watched this movie in my journalism class and learned a lot from it. It showed the career of Stephen glass and how he got so far up in it , but it was actually all a lie. Stephen glass was a guy who was just trying to make a name for himself, but he did it through lying and making up fictional stories and publishing them as truth. The movie itself was an excellent portrayal of a man who did not live up to the journalistic standards in the eyes of his editor and the general public. I would recommend it for everyone to watch, especially those who are considering going into the journalism field and who want to see how NOT to make a name for themselves.

mcg_car Shattered Glass is not one of the best movies, but is a great movie for the people that like read the magazine The New Republic. The history line goes up at the beginning, then stay there, in the investigation of the article "Hack Heaven" and I had the same question all over the movie "how fake was the article?". The best part is the end.It is a movie directed by Billy Ray where we can find good actors such as Hayden Christenses (Stephen Glass), Chloe Sevigny (Caitlin Avey), Steve Zahn (Adam Penenberg) and Peter Sarsgaard (Chuck).The movie is about the true history of Stephen Glass, a young writer from the magazine The New Republic that manipulates the system of writing on the magazines world. He wrote the article "Hackers Heaven" that was really fake and the magazine Forbes find out that was false and then they began investigating it. Almost all the movie is about that but with a great end.The acting is really good, in special Hayden Christenses made a pretty cool invitation of Stephen Glass, you can see it in the interview (included in the DVD) with the original Stephen Glass.