The read
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 77% of the 2,446 2020s documentary movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
A blue collar worker tries to rescue his pregnant, heroin-addicted girlfriend from the notorious streets of Camden, NJ and her close-knit group of drug users. Once their son is born, he forces her to choose between her life with her drug "family" and one with him and their child.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Hasan OswaldDirector
- Hasan OswaldWriter
- Kait PlumWriter
- Alexander SpiessWriter
- Derek RubinWriter
Cast
- Daryl GanttHimself
- Danitza RiveraHerself
- Darnez GanttHimself
- Iman FisherHimself
- Raymond KoonceHimself
- Nicelle AllowayHerself
- Tyree LawsonHimself
- Brenda AntinoreHerself
- Billie Jo FisherHerself