you might initially be reluctant to give the glass house a try if you have be turn off by many recent thriller a they often have be disappointingly by the book . this be your eerie psychotic chase thriller similar to movie like pacific height and unlawful entry . and and though it do play by the rule ( unforutnately ) and there be something about it that make it more entertaining than the recent dismal fare ( not that pacific height wasn not highly entertain ) . leelee sobieski play ruby baker and a kid go through the terrible teen . when she and her brother parent die in a car accident and they move in with ultra modern family friend and terry and erin glass . you know right from the start that there be something dreadfully suspicious and exceedingly bizarre about the glass couple and but you can never be too sure exactly what at first ( that the purpose of a thriller and to throw you a few hint and let your quick assumption guide you into all the wrong path so that youre hopefully pleasantly surprise when the real perpetrator and his motif be reveal ) . but and ruby baker be a smart kid who ever present skepticism about the intention of her new surrogate parent and and start try to figure out what wrong . unfortunately and this movie do terribly follow the book when it come to the main character be disbelieve by other well mean character ( social worker and lawyer and teacher and etc . ) who consequently pay with their life for their doubt and unwillingness to really investigate and and in turn and make thing bad for poor ruby . it also follow the book when it come to the derange finale and the he not really dead end . but and there be something that make this good than most of it kind . on the one hand and youre never sure whether you can always trust ruby because even she and too and arrogant most of the time and seem like trouble . it hard to sympathize for a character like that at first . and and not only do stellan skarsgård make an appropriate villain a terry glass and his wife ( play by diane lane ) be not entirely an innocent creature herself a most woman be often write to be in the role of the creep wife or girlfriend or mother and etc . a good mix of character and a creepy setting and combine with a decent finale and make it just the perfect mix of suspenseful element . and one that i would recommend see .