When their parents return, Rex refuses to listen to his children about the incident. The sisters discover Erma sexually assaulting Brian and attack her, but are pulled away by Stanley. The parents attend the funeral of Rose’s mother in Texas, leaving the children with their grandparents in Welch. He lands a job as a construction worker and the family enjoys a comfortable Christmas. Sewing up his wound, Jeannette asks him to stop drinking, and Rex ties himself to his bed, successfully enduring withdrawal. When the family has not eaten in days, Rex takes their remaining money to buy food, but returns home drunk after a fight. Rex moves his family into a ramshackle house in the wilderness, living without running water, gas, or electricity. He assaults the lifeguard, forcing the family – now pursued by the law and with no money – to go to Welch, West Virginia, where the children meet their grandparents and uncle Stanley. Jeannette nearly drowns when a drunk Rex aggressively teaches her to swim. The family soon includes Jeannette’s infant sister Maureen, and remains on the move for years, eventually relocating to a dilapidated house in Utah. The family leaves town, and Jeannette is enchanted by Rex’s plans for the family’s dream house, a glass castle. At the hospital, a doctor and social worker question her home life, but Rex distracts the staff and escapes with Jeannette. While cooking unsupervised, Jeannette is severely burned. The film grossed $22 million in North America.Īs a child, Jeannette Walls lives a nomadic life with her painter mother Rose, her intelligent but irresponsible father Rex, older sister Lori, and younger brother Brian. They praised the performances of its cast, particularly Larson, but criticized the emotional tones and adaptation.

The Glass Castle was released on August 11, 2017, by Lionsgate and received mixed reviews from critics. Depicting Walls' childhood, where her family lived in poverty and sometimes as squatters, the film stars Brie Larson as Walls, with Naomi Watts, Woody Harrelson, Max Greenfield, and Sarah Snook in supporting roles. It is based on Jeannette Walls' 2005 best-selling memoir of the same name. The Glass Castle is a 2017 American biographical drama film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Cretton, Andrew Lanham, and Marti Noxon.

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