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The Looking Glass

2015 · 1h 50m · N/A Drama, Music
Directed by John D. Hancock

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Overview

Troubled 13-year-old Julie loses her mother and must go to Indiana to live with her grandmother Karen. A former star of stage and screen, Karen has the early stages of Alzheimer's and wants to pass on all she knows to her granddaughter before it's too late. Will their troubled relationship allow this to happen?

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71%
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Rotten

Tristan's creaky, often episodic script attempts to tackle some big topics - art, love, loss, family bonds, mortality - but does so in such a forced, talky way that it's hard to buy into the tale's earnest emotional core.

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Rotten

The fact that the film's most resonant and likable portions are those in which nothing actually happens almost too nicely encapsulates why "The Looking Glass" falls sadly flat throughout much of its running time.

Glenn Kenny, New York Times
Fresh

An overlong but deeply felt film about a dying woman trying to connect with her granddaughter.

Chuck Wilson, Village Voice

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