The Glass House (2001) 7/10

Starring : Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgard, Bruce Dern
Director : Daniel Sackheim
Running Time : 102 mins

When Ruby Baker (Sobieski) comes home from the movies to find that both her parents have been killed in a car accident, she and her little brother are taken in by a kindly couple, Terry (Skarsgard) and Erin Glass (Lane), who used to live next door to them but now live in Malibu. Everything seems to be going well until Ruby discovers that their parents have left them a small fortune, and she begins to second guess the motives of Mr and Mrs Glass and also question their possible involvement in the death of her parents.

What starts off as a pretty basic thriller soon becomes quite interesting. I love the simple idea of killing a couple so that you can adopt their kids and steal their money, and Skarsgard does a good job of portraying the moneygrabbing adopter, and despite an exciting closing section the middle of the movie could have been a lot stronger.

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