The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he comes to understand his parents and eventually bonds with his father.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes38%
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
74 audience votes
Key crew
- William RichertDirector
- William RichertWriter
- Bill ContiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- River PhoenixJimmy Reardon
- Ann MagnusonJoyce Fickett
- Meredith SalengerLisa Bentwright
- Ione SkyeDenise Hunter
- LouanneSuzie Middleberg
- Matthew PerryFred Roberts
- Paul KosloAl Reardon
- Jane HallarenFaye Reardon
- Jason CourtMathew Hollander
- James DeuterMr. Spaulding
- Marji BankEmma Spaulding
- Margaret MooreMrs. Bentwright