The read
Scores higher than 92% of the 3,278 2000s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic74/100
1,372 audience votes
Key crew
- Gregg ArakiScreenplay
- Gregg ArakiDirector
- Harold BuddOriginal Music Composer
- Robin GuthrieOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joseph Gordon-LevittNeil McCormick
- Brady CorbetBrian Lackey
- Michelle TrachtenbergWendy Peterson
- Jeffrey LiconEric Preston
- Mary Lynn RajskubAvalyn Friesen
- Elisabeth ShueMrs. McCormick
- Lisa LongMrs. Lackey
- Bill SageCoach
- Chase EllisonNeil (Age 8)
- George WebsterBrian (Age 8)
- Riley McGuireWendy (Age 11)
- Rachael Nastassja KraftDeborah (Age 12)
Stills
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Themes
pedophilianew york citychild abuseamnesiarapepost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)based on novel or booktrainerhustlertraumakansas, usacoming of age
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