The read
Every source lands within 7 points of the others, across 8,400 audience votes. Scores higher than 83% of the 6,933 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes74%
Metacritic67/100
8,427 audience votes
Key crew
- Tom FordDirector
- Tom FordScreenplay
- Abel KorzeniowskiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Amy AdamsSusan Morrow
- Jake GyllenhaalTony Hastings / Edward Sheffield
- Michael ShannonBobby Andes
- Aaron Taylor-JohnsonRay Marcus
- Isla FisherLaura Hastings
- Ellie BamberIndia Hastings
- Armie HammerHutton Morrow
- Karl GlusmanLou
- Robert AramayoTurk
- Laura LinneyAnne Sutton
- Andrea RiseboroughAlessia
- Michael SheenCarlos
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookcheatingparent child relationshiphostageinsomniacowardiceflashbackrevengemurdercancerwriterrape and murder
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