The Looking Glass

2015 | Drama, Music

Synopsis

Troubled 13-year-old Julie loses her mother and must go to Indiana to live with her grandmother Karen who has the early stages of Alzheimer's and wants to pass on all she knows to her granddaughter before it's too late.

Scores

Overall Score
38.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
65.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
1.8%
Review Aggregate
43.4

Critic Consensus

28.9% Fresh • 260 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 29% of 260 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize visually striking, thin plot, family-friendly. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

visually strikingthin plotfamily-friendlyfunnycharacter-drivenemotionaldarkstylizedpacing issuesgritty

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Johnny Depp2015$12,843,000$16,999,000(est)
Anne Hathaway2015$7,906,000$10,464,000(est)
Mia Wasikowska2015$5,952,000$7,878,000(est)
Rhys Ifans2015$4,867,000$6,441,000(est)
Helena Bonham Carter2015$4,163,000$5,510,000(est)
Sacha Baron Cohen2015$3,664,000$4,850,000(est)
Alan Rickman2015$3,289,000$4,354,000(est)
Stephen Fry2015$2,996,000$3,965,000(est)
Michael Sheen2015$2,759,000$3,651,000(est)
Timothy Spall2015$2,562,000$3,392,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score29.0
RT critic review count260
Rotten Tomatoes audience score48.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating6.0
IMDb votes209

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2015$1,711$2,265
International2015N/AN/A
Worldwide2015$1,711$2,265

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2015$856$1,132
Digital Rentals ?2015$51,000$67,505
Digital Purchases ?2015$53,000$70,152
Physical Rentals ?2015$58,000$76,770
Physical Purchases ?2015$155,000$205,162
TV & Streaming Revenue2015$51,000,000$67,505,063
Total Revenues2015$51,317,856$67,925,786
Expenses
Budget ?2015$170,000,000$225,016,878
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2015$80,000 (est)$105,890 (est)
Participations2015$1,026,000$1,358,043
Residuals ?2015$2,465,000$3,262,745
Interest & Overhead2015$20,400,000$27,002,025
Total Expenses2015$193,971,000$256,745,581
Movie Net Profit or Loss2015$-142,653,144$-188,819,795

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