The Glass Castle

A child is burned with boiling water and goes to the hospital. Children are shown being hungry, thrown in the deep end of a pool, etc., as part of their impoverished and very unconventional upbringing. Parents argue and throw things. A man is punched. Mild, general sense of fear/threat.

A man tries to coax a woman into sex. Couples are comfortable/intimate with one another.

Somewhat infrequent uses of foul language, including one use of "f--k," "s--t," "son of a bitch," "ass," "hell," "crap," "goddamn," etc.

A supporting character has a drinking problem; he appears staggering drunk and violent. He tries to quit and goes through painful detox. Supporting characters smoke cigarettes.

Parents need to know that The Glass Castle is an intense drama based on Jeannette Walls' best-selling memoir. It tells the story of a very dysfunctional family. There's a frequent underlying threat of violence, and children are portrayed as seriously hungry and occasionally in peril: a young girl burns herself with boiling water, children are thrown into the deep end of a pool, and so on. Their parents also shout, argue, and throw things. Language isn't frequent but includes words like "s--t," "ass," and "damn." There are sexual situations (a man tries and fails to seduce a woman) and couples being intimately comfortable with one another. A key character has a drinking problem. He's shown staggering drunk and abusive and goes through painful detox while quitting. Another character smokes. Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts co-star.

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