The read
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do. Most of the 4,573 2010s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Jack is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his big break rapidly turns into his big breakdown, as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes34%
Metacritic31/100
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
324 audience votes
Key crew
- Crispian MillsScreenplay
- Crispian MillsDirector
- Michael PriceOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Simon PeggJack
- Paul FreemanDr. Friedkin
- Clare HigginsClair De Grunwald
- Amara KaranSangeet
- Alan DrakePerkins
- Michael FeastDisgruntled Diner
- Mo IdrissDisgruntled Diner
- Elliot GreeneBiggie
- Harley KieransTiny
- Kamal OnyiukahNoodles
- Bernard CribbinsThe Voice (voice)
- Henry Lloyd-HughesPC Taser
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Themes
paranoiaholiday seasonpersonal demons