The read
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
56 audience votes
Key crew
- Bill ForsythWriter
- Bill ForsythDirector
- Michael GibbsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Christine LahtiSylvie Fisher
- Sara WalkerRuth
- Andrea BurchillLucille
- Anne PitoniakAunt Lily
- Barbara ReeseAunt Nona
- Margot PinvidicHelen
- Bill SmillieSheriff
- Wayne RobsonPrincipal
- Betty PhillipsMrs. Jardine
- Karen Elizabeth AustinMrs. Paterson
- Dolores DrakeMrs. Walker
- Georgie CollinsGrandmother
Stills
Themes
small townbased on novel or booktrain accident