 Widely acclaimed as one of the best films of 2013, it was listed on many film critics' annual top ten lists.The film earned several accolades, including three Independent Spirit Award nominations.In 2014, Cretton was attached to rewrite the script and direct "The Glass Castle", an adaptation of Jeannette Walls' 2005 best-selling memoir of the same name about a successful young woman raised by severely dysfunctional parents.