The read
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes28%
Metacritic47/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
868 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert RedfordDirector
- Matthew Michael CarnahanWriter
- Mark IshamOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Meryl StreepJanine Roth
- Tom CruiseSenator Jasper Irving
- Robert RedfordDr. Stephen Malley
- Andrew GarfieldTodd Hayes
- Michael PeñaErnest Rodriguez
- Derek LukeArian Finch
- Peter BergWirey Pink
- Kevin DunnANX Editor
- Christopher MaySoldier
- Larry BatesSoldier
- David PeaseSoldier
- Heidi JansonSoldier
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Themes
futurejournalistpropagandawar on terrorexternally controlled actionmanipulationmanipulation of the mediaafghanistanpolitical negotiationspastafghanistan war (2001-2021)terrorism