The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 58m.
Synopsis
In January 2015, Jerome Rogers, a popular 19 year old from a council estate, finally got what he’d been working for – a new motorbike and his first real job, as a courier. But in the hands of bailiffs, two £65 traffic fines rose to over £1,000. Some weeks, take-home pay in his zero hours job was as low as £12. Under pressure of his debt, Jerome went to the woods where he’d played as a kid, and took his own life. This is his story…
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
Key crew
- Joseph BullmanDirector
- Tahsin GunerWriter
Cast
- Chance PerdomoJerome Rogers
- Craig ParkinsonThe Bailiff
- Steve ToussaintBentley Duncan
- Juliet CowanTracey Rogers
- Tom WalkerThe Controller
- Calvin DembaNat Rogers
- Leonie ElliottHolly Rogers
- Skyla Chi Khamjani-WilsonMacey Rogers
- Joshua GrantJay
- George KeywoodMichael Strong
- Gus FlindSean
- Grace ParryNurse