The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
31 audience votes
Key crew
- Joan Micklin SilverDirector
- Fred BarronScreenplay
Cast
- John HeardHarry
- Lindsay CrouseAbbie
- Jeff GoldblumMax
- Jill EikenberryLynn
- Bruno KirbyDavid
- Gwen WellesLaura
- Stephen CollinsMichael
- Lewis J. StadlenStanley
- Jon KorkesFrank
- Michael J. PollardThe Hawker
- Lane SmithRoy Walsh
- Joe MortonAhmed
Stills
Themes
newspaperboston, massachusettsnewspaper officewoman director