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Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Shattered Glass is a film that I would not traditionally watch, but I am glad I took the time to watch it. It was very educational on a topic I did not know of before watching the film. It did a very good job of making the viewer feel the way real people involved in this event felt. It made us feel bad for the main character Stephen Glass, and even sympathize with him. It would specifically be a good watch if the viewer is either interested in or involved in journalism. The film depicts a real life event and shows the consequences that come along with journalistic lying. The story is re-told in an interesting and correct way in light of the real events that occurred at the magazine company. The film was well made and I would recommend taking the time to watch it.

I watched this movie in my journalism class. I loved watching it because it was suspenseful and very action-filled. In the movie, Stephen Glass was a writer for the "New Republic". I thought he was a really good writer and knew how to write for an audience. He went from a really likable guy to someone who everyone despised because he was a pathological liar. This movie taught me that it is important to always make sure you have the right facts and if you are checking other people's facts, make sure that their sources are reliable and the facts that they write down are real. At first, I thought Glass was being tricked by the computer hackers, but he was actually the one tricking everyone else. Once I realized this, I didn't like him anymore. Overall, I think the actors did an excellent job of teaching that plagiarism and fabrication are never good. If you want to write fiction do not be a journalist.

In this world of cut-throat competition, how far would you go to clasp on to that position where you are viewed as 'the benchmark' for others? Would you pursue your conscience or let your 'praise- loving' instincts take over your decisiveness? Would you choose to be an entertainer at the cost of risking your 'Professional Integrity'? The questions like these stroll through your imagination when you watch the movie 'Shattered Glass'. This ironic 'true story' tells the tale of concoction and fabrication that marred the career of an otherwise talented writer, Stephen Glass. A 24 year old, young, dynamic reporter working for the prestigious 'INFLIGHT MAGAZINE OF AIRFORCE ONE', 'The New Republic (TNR)'; Stephen has made a name for himself as an entertainer who does stories that his colleagues wish they could do. These striking stories are new, entertaining and at times fiction- like. However, since they all go under the TNR 'three day torture test', as Stephen describes the emphatic 'fact-check and review process'; no one doubts their credibility. Stephen manages to manipulate the process and slip-in his fiction in the form of facts as any generic article which does not have a source material is purely checked on the basis of the reporter's NOTES and description of the event. Quite masterfully though, Stephen heightens his aplomb and starts overdoing his 'fiction-fact-farce' reports and is eventually exposed by an online magazine 'Forbes Digital' after an article titled 'Hack Heaven' is scrutinized and found fake. 27 of the 41 reports by Stephen are adjudged as fabricated, making the readers question the credibility of the entire magazine. What follows is a formal apology letter from 'The New Republic' team to its readers accepting the tale of myth, lies and fabrication that Stephen had managed to write as facts.'Shattered Glass' is a must-watch movie for every professional, not only a journalist. It portrays the significance of sensibility and commonsense over creativity and treachery. Not only it tells us a tale of emphatic rise and equally fast decline of a Journalist's career, it manages to describe the essentialities of the profession. The fact that assumption, over-confidence and amateurism should not overtake your conscience, honesty and professional integrity, has been beautifully showcased in this movie. Some of the nonverbal intricacies like showing the lead actor 'bare-footed' in the office signifies how immobile and theoretical his professional life was, the repeated dialogue 'are you mad at me?', tells us how sceptical and aware Stephen was about the fallacies in his work. And last but not the least, the conscious attempt to show a credible care for every colleague thereby gaining their trust tells us how planned Stephen was in his efforts of turning fiction into facts. As a journalist, everyone experiences that delicate moment in his profession where he has to make a sensible decision of acknowledging what is morally and professionally right and shunning what could possibly be a tempting short-lived success. But what follows can be a disaster as happened with Stephen. We all should create a moral watchdog for ourselves by strengthening our credibility and thus not allowing our thoughts take over our thinking…..Reality Touch: AftermathIn reality, Stephen Glass studied Law after his infamous exit from the world of journalism. Yet his disgraced past hung on to him as he was denied a license to practice law by the California Supreme Court. Pointing out in its ruling that 'Glass's journalistic dishonesty was not a single lapse of judgement but involved significant deceit sustained unremittingly for many years', Glass was left disorganised and ashamed. That tells us that the consequences of our cunningness may lead us into a life of failure and shame. So BEWARE and BE AWARE

My review of this movie is that it really did not have the meat & potatoes that I look for in a good movie,I mean yes it shows you a good example of a liar and a spineless,whiny tailed creep, yet it missed what makes a movie a good movie or a seat clincher.So if I had to give this movie a letter grade it would be a 'D' and that is being very generous.I am glad I did not have to pay to see this movie, I believe the only reason that I watched it was for it was a class assignment and I needed to.So go head and check it out what's good to me might not be the same for you and visa versa. (Are you MAD @ me)..... lol. Waste of an hour and a half could've got a well needed nap in at least.