The read
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes54%
Metacritic42/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
121 audience votes
Key crew
- Niall MacCormickDirector
- Tamzin RafnScreenplay
- Jack C. ArnoldOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jessica Brown FindlayEmelia
- Harry TreadawayJake
- Josef AltinDave
- Felicity JonesBeth Fischer
- Julia OrmondJoa
- Justin EdwardsPoliceman
- Sebastian KochJonathan
- Peter VaughanGrandpa
- Hazel DouglasGranny
- Thomas Brodie-SangsterMark
- Katie OverdPosy
- David CannGrumpy Man