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There's a greenhouse, an oasis, behind the trees; it's a verdant paradise that has one bee; a cornucopia of pleasure; overflows with fleshy treasure; recycling and reclaiming endlessly.

A variation on a familiar scene, the performances are great but the intent and interpretation, along with some sizable pot holes and inconsistencies leaves it a little underwhelming.

I know they tried hard and great stuff and all that for the effort. But really, this was like wading through quicksand. Apparently this was filmed during the pandemic, and I'm not sure if this made a difference - everyone seemed to be sleep walking. Perhaps the entire crew thought they were in the Glasshouse too.

In short, a family is trapped in a Glasshouse after an apocalyptic event, and kill anyone who seeks refuge there. The bodies are germinated and used for their crops. Lots of rituals.

Not sure where the water came from. There are also no animals.

Of course, they're all bonkers, and the arrival of a stranger sets off another sequence of bonkers events, but reaallly slooowly.

"Glasshouse" is a Drama - Sci-Fi movie in which we watch a family living in a glasshouse after surviving from the spread of a toxin that erases memory called The Shred.

I believe that "Glasshouse" was a big surprise for many viewers since they did not expect it to be so interesting and good. Despite that the plot was simple, it contained some plot twists I did not expect and made it even more interesting. The direction which was made by Kelsey Egan was very good and she presented very well both her main characters and the main plot of the movie without leaving anything unexplained or creating any plot holes. The interpretations of Hilton Pelser who played as The Stranger, Adrienne Pearce who played as The Mother and Jessica Alexander who played as Bee were very good and they made the difference. All in all, I have to say that "Glasshouse" is a nice movie and big surprise for me so, I recommend you to give it a try because I believe it worth's watching it.

Low budget, ok production values with a plot that a snail could speed past. A dystopian movie that is about endurance for both the characters and the audience. I gladly failed the endurance test.

Loved all the eye candy with that gorgeous Victorian Glass Conservatory. Wow, we just don't make things like we used to. :( Interesting story that I found to be a mix between The Beguiled (Clint Eastwood) and The Walking Dead (minus the huge amounts of gore).

It's scary enough to have to worry about Alzheimer's and dementia, but to imagine a pandemic in which you lose all your memories and sense of self, and all animals and plants dying (and our very important BEES, that allow life to continue on this rock we call home) Especially to watch this during a pandemic, makes it quite a bit more scary, knowing what we now have learned about lies, misinformation and selfishness in the face of mass death world wide.

Worth a watch, especially if you are a fan of The Beguiled and love beautiful Victorian eye candy like me. :D.

Literally nothing happens. They pollinate flowers, there is a guy. Blah blah. When is this set. They dress and act like it's Victorian times. They have a gun. They kill trespassers. It's the most boring movie of all time. I had to turn it off half way through. It's just an annoying waste of time to watch. Don't waste your time on this.

This is a prickly slow burner with a gloomy atmosphere not unlike The Others. It's just incredibly refreshing to watch a film that isn't a reboot or a sequel or an adaptation or a remake. Just a solid original film. Acting is a bit patchy but the way the eerie story unfolds makes it all worth the watch.

Love, angst, autism, sex; You know, the usual apocalypse stuff. You would think everyone would just be happy to be alive, but it seems everyone involved has a lot to get worked up about.

It seems the South-African movie industry have completely lost the plot. This is worse than B-movie, does the rankings go to F or G? Terrible all over, fake, weak story (from the 15mins I could stomach), trying so hard to copy Hollywood but failing miserably. Awful stuff.

The story of this films works on many levels. On its surface, it is a slowly unfurling story of a family surviving in isolation, protected from the physical threats of the airborne disease beyond their glasshouse home and of those infected by it. Each member of the family must navigate the changes to their dynamics and roles when a stranger joins them.

But nothing about this film is only surface level- it is also a story about story itself that explores how the stories we tell ourselves and believe (in families, in society) shape our sense of belonging and out actions, and how we are culpable in our decisions about the stories and histories we remember and those we choose to forget.

The film moves slowly, but this works well to create the slightly surreal feel of the environment and the family, to build the tension - which increasingly bubbles throughout, and to explore the rich themes presented. I found it really refreshing to be offered provoking themes and questions for consideration without being bashed over the head by them or spoken down to as a viewer.

I turned over many of these questions over in my head, revisiting moments from the film for days after I saw it.

The film is lovely to look at is well worth the watching.

This is a movie primarily about a small group of people and their interactions and relationships, essentially a psychodrama, with the key contextual element that everyone has some degree of memory loss. Given that, I didn't find it slow or boring, and I thought the execution was fine.

In a post-apocalpytic setting where there is a toxin in the atmosphere which causes memory loss, there has been a greenhouse which can produce enough oxygen to support at most six people, who belong to what is some combination of cult and family, where the six people with partial memory loss maintain their perceived grasp on reality by assiduously perpetuating an origin story about themselves whose veracity becomes progressively more apparent over the course of the movie.

There are times when you really scratch your head about how a movie got to be presented to the public. This is one of those times. Pretentious to the point of pomposity, leaden in direction and acting, and with inconsistencies in execution.

The director should hand his/her head in shame. The producers who put this out obviously did not know any better.

Avoid.

Glasshouse is stupid film. It's so boring and dull. The acting is pretty bad and the plot has nothing good. To say it overall, it's totally bad.

My advice is that don't watch it unless you're very bored and want to fall asleep right away.

Good location, and a fairly good selection of actors, but it moves like pond water. Some people like the ultra slow films like this and "others". But no accumulation to a big ending.

Wait till it comes out for free, or 99 cents.

I give this 10 stars because not only did the ending completely bring everything together the way a great movie does..it had me guessing the entire movie.. that right when you think you figured it out, bam there's another curve right up until another twist! I only wish one our movie streaming apps like Netflix or Hulu would showcase this movie.. I would recommend all the fans of fantasy ditopian movies watch this mind bending art of a movie!! Other then Antebellum I don't think there has been a movie with such an amazing twist and shocking end and movies like this are rare nowadays. This intellectual creative story is a must see!!! Nothing and everything will surprise you!!

Seems everything is some kind of somethingpunk these days; Cyberpunk, Steampunk, Spacepunk ... etc., so, I'm labeling this the above.

I liked it. I loved it.

It may not be for all audiences because it's a bit slow, but, it's a slow strung with gnawing tension.

It's a little reminiscent of Z for Zachariah (2015), but with a darker, spookier feeling that more's unsettling than things are already obviously unsettling, as well as that ongoing tension of expectation for awful things happening any moment now.

I, personally, felt the film was rather phenomenal, and well worth the watch.

This is a SLOW movie, so, if you lack facility to find engagement with being patient, to savor a small, delicious treat of a film that you might actually have to work a little to earn gratification from, you'll want to stay away from this.

Go watch some colorful action film where half the budget is spent on explosions if you can't do a SLOW movie.

This movie is SLOW, and its reward is a small treat for waiting, but, you'll think about this treat for awhile. This isn't some be meaty microwave burger of instant gratification.

Part the symbolism is a terrible, patient garden that blooms with the blood and bodies of those that have failed, giving only enough to feed but a small group.

I very much enjoyed this film, and rate it maximum high to offset its detractors.