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Old 11-27-2017, 04:37 AM
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Default Movie - The Glass Castle

This is a good heartfelt true story about a parents struggle to raise their kids as they move from through different states. If your looking for a good movie to watch, I would recommend this one. Woody Harrelson has an awesome performance.

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Old 11-27-2017, 06:48 PM
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I read the book when it first came out years ago...

It was a good, interesting, but disturbing read, especially knowing it was based on real life...

I really don't think I'd want to watch the movie, though...
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Old 11-27-2017, 07:00 PM
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I can't remember the names of the movies (sorry) but this trailer reminded me of two movies with similar themes:

A Harrison Ford movie where he played a brilliant father who took his family off the grid but the perpetual strain of denying society became too much and the family splintered apart

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A Vigo Mortenson movie where he played a brilliant father who took his family off the grid but the perpetual strain of denying society became too much and the family splintered apart
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Old 11-27-2017, 07:19 PM
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I think the Harrison Ford film you are referring to is The Mosquito Coast.
The film was ok but the book was much better (as is often the case).
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A Vigo Mortenson movie...
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Old 11-28-2017, 02:50 PM
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This is a good heartfelt true story about a parents struggle to raise their kids as they move from through different states. If your looking for a good movie to watch, I would recommend this one. Woody Harrelson has an awesome performance.

It's basically about a man running from himself, the world and dragging his unfortunate family along. He is a complete dreamer and he lies a lot and is an alcoholic on top of everything else.

Good movie and Woody was very good but his character was wack-o, narcissistic and extremely flawed. Not too uplifting.
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