The read
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's novel "Life is Hot in Cracktown".
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Metacritic36/100
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Buddy GiovinazzoWriter
- Buddy GiovinazzoDirector
Cast
- Kerry WashingtonMarybeth
- Victor RasukManny
- Evan RossRomeo
- Brandon RouthSizemore
- Shannyn SossamonConcetta
- Vondie Curtis-HallDixon
- RZASammy
- Thomas Ian NicholasChad Wesley
- Lara Flynn BoyleBetty McBain
- Illeana DouglasMommy
- Desmond HarringtonBenny
- Ariel WinterSuzie
Stills
Themes
drug dealernight shiftstreet gangbased on novel or bookdrug crimecrack cocainegunshot woundyouth gangillegal prostitutioninner citymanhattan, new york cityafrican american