The read
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A resourceful and high-spirited woman deals with financial distress and her asthmatic thirteen-year-old son when his life is gravely complicated by a new friendship with the son of her former drunken and abusive husband.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes14%
Metacritic38/100
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Stephen KinsellaDirector
- Paul SolbergScreenplay
- Stephen KinsellaScreenplay
Cast
- Callie ThorneRita Ronaldi
- Bill SageKarl Severson
- Noah FleissBret
- Rufus ReadMatt Ronaldi
- Cassandra Lee MorrisDiDonna
- P.J. BrownWarren
- Michelle HurdLola
- Eileen GalindoDolores Gonzalez
- Lanny FlahertyLouie
- Ruth WilliamsonMarge
- Ed WheelerOfficer McBride
- Anthony DeSandoAngel Gonzalez
Themes
meter maidmother son relationship