The read
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,578 2010s crime movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes26%
Metacritic42/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
728 audience votes
Key crew
- Scott DerricksonScreenplay
- Atom EgoyanDirector
- Paul Harris BoardmanScreenplay
- Mychael DannaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Colin FirthRon Lax
- Reese WitherspoonPam Hobbs
- Dane DeHaanChris Morgan
- Mireille EnosVicki Hutcherson
- Bruce GreenwoodJudge David Burnett
- Elias KoteasJerry Driver
- Stephen MoyerJohn Fogelman
- Alessandro NivolaTerry Hobbs
- Amy RyanMargaret Lax
- Robert BakerDetective Bryn Ridge
- Kevin DurandJohn Mark Byers
- Michael GladisDan Stidham
Stills
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Themes
child murdersatanismdinerknifearkansasbiographybased on true storywoodscrime scenepolice interrogation1990swonder