The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
583 audience votes
Key crew
- Brian GoodmanDirector
- Justin StanleyWriter
- Federico JusidOriginal Music Composer
- Marc FrydmanWriter
Cast
- Antonio BanderasPaul
- Jonathan Rhys MeyersJack
- Piper PeraboLaura
- Abel FerraraPat
- Nicholas AaronDelivery Man
- Vincent RiottaLt Carcano
- Gioia LibardoniWaitress
- Nathalie Rapti GomezJulie
- Alexandra KlimPaul's Wife
- Katie McGovernNancy Barrows
- Randall PaulMr. Owen
- Timothy MartinNews Reporter
Stills
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Themes
isolationscreenplayremakemurderdrifterwriterrenovationconfinementabduction