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Shattered Glass

2003 · 94 min · Director: Billy Ray, Billy Ray ★ IMDb 7.1 · 40,501 ratings

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This film tells the true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass (Christensen), who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at "The New Republic" for three years (1995-1998), where 27 of his 41 published stories were either partially or completely made up. Looking for a short cut to fame, Glass concocted sources, quotes and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever, and eventually, his world came crumbling down...

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Shattered Glass (2003) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Empathy 25%, Guilt 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Guilt20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Empathy, Guilt. Genres: Drama, History. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Empathy and Guilt. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Curiosity
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 68 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriositySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity30 %7 %27 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor30 %10 %25 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Curiosity32 %19 %30 %1 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Curiosity36 %29 %34 %4 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Tension39 %34 %28 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Tension41 %31 %25 %19 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Humor45 %28 %38 %13 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Curiosity50 %35 %51 %4 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Curiosity54 %45 %55 %3 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Curiosity53 %43 %53 %1 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Curiosity51 %41 %50 %3 %
57.5 %≈ 54′Tension59 %55 %54 %8 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Tension68 %68 %55 %13 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Tension70 %69 %46 %21 %
72.5 %≈ 68′Tension70 %68 %38 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 73′Tension68 %65 %36 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension64 %59 %35 %34 %
87.5 %≈ 82′Tension61 %50 %30 %38 %
92.5 %≈ 87′Sadness55 %31 %25 %41 %
97.5 %≈ 92′Sadness50 %13 %22 %43 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Peter Sarsgaard

Charles 'Chuck' Lane

Rosario Dawson

Andy Fox

Melanie Lynskey

Amy Brand

Hank Azaria

Michael Kelly

Mark Blum

Lewis Estridge

SG
Simone-Elise Girard

Catarina Bannier

CD
Chad Donella

David Bach

JE
Jamie Elman

Aaron Bluth

Luke Kirby

Rob Gruen

CA
Cas Anvar

Kambiz Foroohar

LE
Linda E. Smith

Gloria

TK
Ted Kotcheff

Marty Peretz

OR
Owen Roth

Ian Restil

BR
Bill Rowat

George Sims

MS
Michele Scarabelli

Ian's Mother

TS
Terry Simpson

Joe Hiert

HR
Howard Rosenstein

Suit #1

Details

Directed by
Billy Ray, Billy Ray
Written by
Billy Ray, Buzz Bissinger, Billy Ray
Type
Movies
Released
2003
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States, Canada
Genres
Drama, History
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 40,501 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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