This teen psychological thriller marks the feature film debut of respected television producer and director Daniel Sackheim.
Leelee Sobieski stars as Ruby Baker, a high school student who is devastated when her parents Grace and Dave (
Rita Wilson and
Michael O'Keefe) are killed in a tragic car accident. With her younger brother Rhett (
Trevor Morgan), Ruby is sent to live with the legal guardians chosen by her parents, their best friends Terry (
Stellan Skarsgård) and Erin Glass (
Diane Lane). The Glasses live in an opulent Malibu mansion where Ruby and Rhett are promised all of the finest luxuries money can buy and a lavish new rich-kid lifestyle. Before long, however, Ruby begins to suspect that her new caretakers are not what they appear on the surface and that the couple's financial woes may force them to harm her or Rhett in order to cash in on their sizable life insurance policies. The Glass House was written by
Wesley Strick, screenwriter of
Cape Fear (1991),
Wolf (1994), and
The Saint (1997). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide