The read
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,968 1990s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes41%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
273 audience votes
Key crew
- Pat O'ConnorDirector
- Ken HixonScreenplay
- Michael KamenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joaquin PhoenixDoug Holt
- Liv TylerPamela Abbott
- Jennifer ConnellyEleanor Abbott
- Billy CrudupJacey Holt
- Joanna GoingAlice Abbott
- Kathy BakerHelen Holt
- Will PattonLloyd Abbott
- Michael SuttonSteve
- Garrett M. BrownWebb Crosby
- Barbara WilliamsJoan Abbott
- Alessandro NivolaPeter Vanlaningham
- Nicole M. VassalloGiggling Girl #1
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Themes
new lovesibling relationshipfamily secretscoming of ageworking classperiod dramawrong side of the tracks1950swealthy familymisguidedsmall town americarich girl poor boy