Yet, neither parent ever express remorse, instead telling their children that what doesn’t kill them makes them stronger. The Walls siblings experience sexual abuse and betrayal at the hands of relatives, horrific, accident-related injuries and overwhelming hunger. When he’s drunk, however, he’s neglectful, abusive, and as Walls puts it in one particularly poignant scene – “cruel”. When he’s sober, Rex is a kind, inventive father who encourages his children to dream big and think outside the box. She, along with her three siblings, were raised by an charismatic, imaginative father (Harrelson as Rex Walls) with an alcohol problem and an artistic, dreamy mother (Watts as Rose Mary Walls) who, for the most part, couldn’t be bothered to leave her painting to feed her children. Through a series of flashbacks, we come to understand Jeannette’s rocky relationship with her parents. One night, while driving home with her fiancé David (Max Greenfield), she sees her parents Rex (Harrelson) and Rose Mary (Watts) digging through trash on the side of the street. The film opens in 1989 in New York City, where Jeannette (Larson) works as a gossip columnist for New York Magazine. It’s beautifully shot and acted, boasting of a stellar cast including Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts.
Touching on issues of alcoholism and poverty in America, audiences will be challenged to face the complexities and challenges of Wall's family, as well as their own.Based on Jeannette Walls’ 2005 memoir of the same name, “The Glass Castle” is a thoughtful drama that expertly tackles issues like abuse, trauma, unconditional love, and the power of forgiveness. The actress plays upwards of seven characters including the alcoholic father, Rex Walls, who the author loves with a fierce loyalty. This Literature to Life Award winner features sixty minutes of verbatim performance from the best-selling memoir.
The author, Jeannette Walls, and her siblings are often left to fend for themselves as the family's precarious lifestyle necessitates frequently doing "the skedaddle." Meanwhile, they cherish the vision of "genius" Dad's creation of a fabulous home, the glass castle. It is the saga of the restless Walls family, led by a crusty eccentric and his volatile artist wife. The Glass Castle a unique memoir of survival and resiliency told through the eyes of a young girl. Through the portrayal of these alternately eccentric and abusive parents, audiences will vacillate between outrage and adoration but will walk away with a sense of the extraordinary strength of our young heroine. From the very first emotionally raw moments of the show where our protagonist sees her mother rifling through a garbage can, audiences are launched into the controversial and complex world of the Walls family.
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