The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tamsin. To seal their friendship, Mona introduces Tamsin to her born-again Christian brother and helps her spy on her adulterous father. Bound together by their secrets, the two girls see their friendship deepen and enter into dangerous waters.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic82/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
331 audience votes
Key crew
- Paweł PawlikowskiDirector
- Alison GoldfrappOriginal Music Composer
- Paweł PawlikowskiScreenplay
- Michael WynneWriter
- Will GregoryOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Natalie PressMona
- Emily BluntTamsin
- Paddy ConsidinePhil
- Dean AndrewsRicky
- Michelle ByrneRicky's Wife
- Paul Antony-BarberTamsin's Father
- Lynette EdwardsTamsin's Mother
- Kathryn SumnerSadie
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Themes
northern englandsibling relationshipenglandbecoming an adultfemale friendshipmopedyorkshirelesbian relationshipsummerfemale homosexualitybitingtomboy