The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
A gifted high-school student flubs her college admissions interviews for the most unexpected reasons in this independent coming-of-age drama. Cynical, world-weary Evie is more interested in taking care of her family than getting into the Ivy League institutions for which she seems destined. Dad Harry spends all his time building model trains in the basement, while workaholic mom Martha depends on Evie to take care of her other daughter, developmentally challenged Emily. When she's not busy reading poetry to her sister Emily, Evie hangs out with James (Fran Kranz), the sensitive boy next door, whose romantic overtures prove too confusing to acknowledge. College also seems too daunting, so Evie deliberately blows one university interview after another in the hopes of staying at home as her sister's keeper. Meanwhile, Evie begins passing off her own poems as Emily's, fuelling the belief that her brain-damaged sister is actually a literary savant.
Ratings
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Thomas SchobelOriginal Music Composer
- Dawn O'LearyScreenplay
- Melissa PainterDirector
- Martin TillmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Lauren AmbroseEvie Brighton
- Amy MadiganMartha Brighton
- Christopher LloydSteward Worthy
- Fran KranzJames Parks
- Taylor RobertsEmily Brighton
- John SavageHarry Brighton
- Vernee WatsonStanford Interviewer
- Scott AdsitHarvard Interviewer
- Benjamin PrattDartmouth Interviewer
- Paul RyanMan
- Aleksa PalladinoAmherst Interviewer
- Joyce SchweickertSaleslady