The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 74% of the 3,198 2010s thriller movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
Jimmy is a committed child psychologist who uses his own playbook, but when he is brought in to work with Ellie, he is completely unprepared for his subject—a 9-year-old psychopathic genius with nothing to lose. As he begins to understand the extent of her capabilities and the fate that has been planned for her, he struggles to overcome her defenses before it is too late for them both.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes77%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
167 audience votes
Key crew
- Brian VidalDirector
- Alex HaugheyDirector
- Alex HaugheyWriter
- Igor NemirovskyOriginal Music Composer
- Brian VidalWriter
Cast
- Richard NeilFonda
- Savannah LilesEllie
- Jolene AndersenOlivia
- Emilio PalameBirch
- David LinskiKeaton
- Harvey Q. JohnsonWerner
- Penelope FigueroaFonda's Daughter
- Alex MatthewFonda's Wife
- Aral GribbleRyan
- Avery BarkdullYoung Ellie
- Christina HolderEllie's Mother
- Trevor CastilloGuard
