The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes35%
Metacritic42/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
98 audience votes
Key crew
- Tony BillDirector
- Cliff EidelmanOriginal Music Composer
- Mitch MarkowitzWriter
Cast
- Dudley MooreEmory Leeson
- Daryl HannahKathy Burgess
- Paul ReiserStephen Bachman
- J.T. WalshDrucker
- Bill SmitrovichBruce
- Alan NorthJudge
- David PaymerGeorge
- Danton StoneSaabs
- Paul BatesRobles
- Dick CusackMort
- Doug YasudaHsu
- Floyd VivinoEddie Aris
Stills
Themes
advertisingmental illnessadvertising executiveadvertising agency