<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $21.7 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Glass Castle is a 2017 American biographical drama film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Cretton, Andrew Lanham, and Marti Noxon, based on Jeannette Walls's 2005 memoir of the same name . Depicting Walls's real - life childhood spent squatting in homes and living in poverty, the film stars Brie Larson as Walls with Naomi Watts, Woody Harrelson, Max Greenfield, and Sarah Snook in supporting roles . The film was released on August 11, 2017, by Lionsgate and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances of its cast (particularly Larson and Harrelson) but criticized the mishandled tones and material . </P> <Ul> <Li> Brie Larson as Jeannette Walls, the second daughter of Rex and Rose Mary Walls and Lori, Maureen and Brian's second sister <Ul> <Li> Ella Anderson as Young Jeannette Walls </Li> <Li> Chandler Head as Youngest Jeannette Walls </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Woody Harrelson as Rex Walls, Jeannette, Lori, Brian and Maureen's alcoholic father and Rose Mary's husband </Li> <Li> Sarah Snook as Lori Walls, the oldest daughter of Rex and Rose Mary Walls and Jeanette, Maureen and Brian's older sister <Ul> <Li> Olivia Kate Rice as Youngest Lori Walls </Li> <Li> Sadie Sink as Young Lori Walls </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Naomi Watts as Rose Mary Walls, Jeannette, Lori, Brian and Maureen's eccentric mother and Rex's wife </Li> <Li> Josh Caras as Brian Walls, the son of Rex and Rose Mary Walls and Jeanette, Lori and Maureen's brother <Ul> <Li> Iain Armitage as Youngest Brian Walls </Li> <Li> Charlie Shotwell as Young Brian Walls </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Brigette Lundy - Paine as Maureen Walls, the youngest daughter of Rex and Rose Mary Walls and Jeanette, Lori and Brian's younger sister <Ul> <Li> Charlie and Noemie Guyon as Baby Maureen Walls </Li> <Li> Eden Grace Redfield as three - year - old Maureen Walls </Li> <Li> Shree Crooks as Young Maureen Walls </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Max Greenfield as David, Jeanette's husband . </Li> <Li> Dominic Bogart as Robbie </Li> <Li> Joe Pingue as Uncle Stanley </Li> </Ul>

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