The read
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
How important is the truth when falling in love? Bella is a Manhattan café waitress, about to turn 35, stuck in a long-term affair going nowhere. Paul is a widower, facing old age alone. Bella's mother sets her up with Bruno, a novelist/cabbie who likes to bed-hop and whose ex-wife expects their two children to stay with him for awhile. While Bruno learns some maturity from his young daughter, Paul answers a personals ad placed by a "widow, 60." The two couples - along with one of Paul's older pals and a Jungian stripper - sort out how to initiate a relationship these days, what to do when someone you like disappoints you, and when to tell the truth.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 28 points higher than critics do.
38 audience votes
Key crew
- Amos KollekDirector
- Amos KollekWriter
- David CarbonaraOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anna ThomsonBella
- Jamie HarrisBruno
- Louise LasserEmily
- Robert ModicaPaul
- Lonette McKeeSherry-Lynn
- Victor ArgoSeymour
- Angelica PageVitka
- Austin PendletonGeorge
- Sandrine HoltGiselle
- Valerie GeffnerWanda
- Mark MargolisGraham
- Judith RobertsBella's Mother