The read
Critics rate it 33 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 83% of the 6,933 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Critics rate it 33 points higher than audiences do.
277 audience votes
Key crew
- Siddhartha KhoslaOriginal Music Composer
- Miles Orion FeldsottWriter
- Chris RobinsonDirector
Cast
- Anthony AndersonRomelo Reese
- Khalil EverageAugust Monroe
- Uzo AdubaCarla Monroe
- Emayatzy CorinealdiVanessa Robinson
- Paul Walter HauserTerrence
- DreezyQueen Cabrini
- Julian WilliamsYoung Buck
- Megan SousaKari
- Evan J. SimpsonLaz
- Ashley JacksonNiyah
- Ahmad Nicholas FergusonBoy in Blue
- Dave EastMister Ford
Stills
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Themes
hip-hopmentor