The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A disparate group of characters unknowingly bond by the sexual choices they make. Consumed by loneliness, a British businessman ponders a rendezvous with a prostitute. The businessman's wife prepares to call it quits with her younger lover. A Brazilian student breaks up with her boyfriend in London. A recovering alcoholic travels to Phoenix in search of his missing daughter. A paroled sex offender struggles to stay composed when propositioned in a Denver airport. A widower's religious devotion is put to a difficult test.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes20%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
309 audience votes
Key crew
- Fernando MeirellesDirector
- Peter MorganScreenplay
- Mark OrtonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rachel WeiszRose
- Jude LawMichael Daly
- Ben FosterTyler
- Anthony HopkinsJohn
- Moritz BleibtreuSalesman
- Gabriela MarcinkováAnna
- Jamel DebbouzeAlgerian Man
- Mark IvanirThe Boss
- Katrina VasilievaAlyssa
- Peter MorganSalesman
- Tereza SrbovaEuropean Girl
- Kelvin WiseAirport passenger
Stills
Themes
infidelitycompassionatemelodramatic