The read
Audiences rate it 34 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Hotshot rugby player Rick Penning was the star player of his Arizona high school team until a fateful brush with the law forces him to ponder the consequences of his actions in a Salt Lake City juvenile detention center.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes30%
Metacritic37/100
Audiences rate it 34 points higher than critics do.
226 audience votes
Key crew
- David PlilerWriter
- Ryan LittleDirector
- J BatemanOriginal Music Composer
- Bart HendricksonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sean FarisRick Penning
- Gary ColeCoach Larry Gelwix
- Sean AstinMarcus Tate
- Neal McDonoughCoach Richard Penning
- Julie WarnerNatalie Penning
- Penn BadgleyLars
- Eliot SchwartzMarty
- Michael J. PaganKurt
- Nathan WestQuentin
- Max KaschGriggs
- Arielle KebbelEmily
- Kepa KruseTumo
Stills
Themes
sportsredemptioncoachrugbyteen angstreconciliationdrunk driverteen dramafather son conflictstudent athletefather son relationshipjuvie