The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,941 1990s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
41 audience votes
Key crew
- Craig BolotinDirector
- Craig BolotinWriter
- Harry Gregson-WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- UsherLester Dewitt
- Vanessa WilliamsAudrey McDonald
- Forest WhitakerOfficer Dante Jackson
- Rosario DawsonStephanie Williams
- Robert Ri'chardZacharias 'Ziggy' Malone
- Judd NelsonKen Knowles
- Fredro StarrRodney J. Templeton
- Sara GilbertLynn Sabatini
- Clifton Collins Jr.Robert 'Rivers' Tremont
- Glynn TurmanPrincipal Allan Armstrong
- Vic PolizosCapt. Monroe
- Dale RiveraSecurity Guard (Bob)
