The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A Londoner returns to his ancestral homeland of Donegal in the west of Ireland and is drawn in by a teenage boy who almost kills him in a car crash.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic70/100
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Antonia Campbell-HughesDirector
- Antonia Campbell-HughesWriter
Cast
- Cosmo JarvisHamish Considine
- Rhys MannionEvan
- Claes BangJack Considine
- Antonia Campbell-HughesCara Daly
- Keith McErleanGabriel
- Mark O'HalloranFather Mark
- Lalor RoddyGrandfather
- Pauline HuttonAvis Receptionist
- Shashi RamiBradley
- Paul TylakDoctor De Silva
- Isaac HeslipRiley
Stills
Themes
car crashnorthern irelandsexual tensionirelandolder man younger man relationshipisolated placefather son relationshipgay themehomoerotic