The read
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes35%
Metacritic41/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
5,977 audience votes
Key crew
- Alex ProyasDirector
- Ryne Douglas PearsonScreenplay
- Juliet SnowdenScreenplay
- Stiles WhiteScreenplay
- Marco BeltramiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nicolas CageJohn Koestler
- Rose ByrneDiana Wayland
- Chandler CanterburyCaleb Koestler
- Ben MendelsohnPhil Bergman
- Nadia TownsendGrace Koestler
- Terry CamilleriCashier
- Lara RobinsonLucinda Embry / Abby Wayland
- Adrienne PickeringAllison
- Danielle CarterMiss Taylor (1959)
- Alethea McGrathMiss Taylor (2009)
- David LenniePrincipal Clark (1959)
- D.G. MaloneyThe Stranger
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Themes
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