The read
Critics rate it 33 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 71% of the 390 1980s adventure movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. Young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him, but once on the island, things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies. Gradually, it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Critics rate it 33 points higher than audiences do.
124 audience votes
Key crew
- Nicolas RoegDirector
- Allan ScottWriter
- Lucy IrvineWriter
- Stanley MyersOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Oliver ReedGerald Kingsland
- Amanda DonohoeLucy Irvine
- Georgina HaleSister Saint Margaret
- Frances BarberSister Saint Winifred
- Tony RickardsJason
- Todd RipponRod
- John SessionsMan in Pub
- Virginia HeyJanice
- Sorel JohnsonLaura
- Len PeihopaRonald
- Paul ReynoldsMike Kingsland
- Sean HamiltonGeoffrey Kingsland
