The read
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing. With a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics, the skills of his two gifted but naïve defense lawyers are put to the test.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes39%
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Craig LahiffDirector
- Louis NowraWriter
- Cezary SkubiszewskiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert CarlyleDavid O'Sullivan
- Charles DanceRoderic Chamberlain
- Kerry FoxHelen Devaney
- Colin FrielsFather Tom Dixon
- Ben MendelsohnRupert Murdoch
- David NgoombujarraYoung Max Stuart
- Max StuartOld Max Stuart
- Rhys McConnochieJustice Abbott
- Bille BrownThomas Playford
- John GreggRohan Rivett
- Roy BillingDet Sgt Turner
- Gary WaddellConstable Jones