The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 80% of the 6,766 2020s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic85/100
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
352 audience votes
Key crew
- Rebecca HallDirector
- Devonté HynesOriginal Music Composer
- Rebecca HallWriter
Cast
- Tessa ThompsonIrene Redfield
- Ruth NeggaClare Kendry
- André HollandBrian Redfield
- Alexander SkarsgårdJohn Bellew
- Bill CampHugh Wentworth
- Gbenga AkinnagbeDave
- Antoinette Crowe-LegacyFelise
- Justus Davis GrahamTed
- Ethan BarrettJunior
- Ashley Ware JenkinsZulena
- Amos J. MachanicRalph Hazelton
- Stu S. BeckerCabbie
Stills
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Themes
new york cityjealousybased on novel or bookinterracial relationshipracismblack and whitewoman directorharlem, new york city1920sfriendship between womenpassing for white