The read
Audiences rate it 36 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,952 1990s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Molly McKay is a profoundly autistic twenty-something woman who has lived in an institution from a young age following her parents' death in a car accident. When the institution must close due to budget cuts, Molly is left in the care of her neurotypical, older brother, Buck McKay, an advertising executive and perennial bachelor. Buck forces her to undergo an experimental medical treatment, with unexpectedly drastic results.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes13%
Metacritic21/100
Audiences rate it 36 points higher than critics do.
74 audience votes
Key crew
- John DuiganDirector
- Dick ChristieWriter
- Trevor JonesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Elisabeth ShueMolly McKay
- Aaron EckhartBuck McKay
- Jill HennessySusan Brookes
- Thomas JaneSam
- D.W. MoffettMark Cottrell
- Elizabeth MitchellBeverly Trehare
- Robert HarperDr. Simmons
- Elaine HendrixJennifer Thomas
- Michael Paul ChanDomingo
- Lucy LiuBrenda
- Jon PennellGary McKay
- Sarah WynterJulie McKay
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Themes
autism