The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
During summer vacation on Fire Island, three young people become very close. When an uncool girl tries to infiltrate the trio's newly found relationship, they construct an elaborate plot that has violent results.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
51 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank PerryDirector
- John SimonOriginal Music Composer
- Eleanor PerryScreenplay
Cast
- Barbara HersheySandy
- Richard ThomasPeter
- Catherine BurnsRhoda
- Bruce DavisonDan
- Ernesto GonzalezAnibal
- Conrad BainSidney (uncredited)
- Lou GaryTown Hood (uncredited)
- Eileen LetchworthDan's mother (uncredited)
- Peter TurgeonMr. Caudell (uncredited)
- Ralph WaitePeter's father (uncredited)
- Andrew KranceTown Hood (uncredited)
- Wayne MayerTown Hood (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
beachcoming of agelong island, new yorklovefriendsseagullsummercrueltydrugsteenage sexualityfire islandpeer pressure