Watch this when
The Glass Castle
Loving them and leaving the chaos can both be true. 🏚️
Who it's for
For anyone who grew up covering for a parent, or who still feels torn between protecting a struggling family member and protecting themselves, this film shows that tug clearly.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Adapted from Jeannette Walls' memoir, the film moves between her chaotic, nomadic childhood with a brilliant but alcoholic father and an artist mother who rarely intervenes, and her adult life as a New York columnist engaged to a stable fiancé, still pulled between loyalty to her family and the life she has built.
Where to find it
Available to rent or buy on major digital stores; streaming availability rotates (check JustWatch).
Before you start
Heads up: Child neglect and a child burned.
Age: PG-13 (mature thematic content involving family dysfunction, some language and smoking)
By touching you may kill, by keeping away you may possess.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 197
