The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
Locked in a high-tech English manor, bound in a deadly duel of wits, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle come together as English gentlemen to discuss the matter of Wyke's wife: the woman both are sleeping with.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes37%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
602 audience votes
Key crew
- Harold PinterScreenplay
- Patrick DoyleOriginal Music Composer
- Kenneth BranaghDirector
Cast
- Michael CaineAndrew Wyke
- Jude LawMilo Tindle
- Harold PinterMan on T.V.
- Carmel O'SullivanMaggie
- Kenneth BranaghOther Man on T.V.
Stills
Themes
age differencefemale loverinsurance fraudbased on play or musicalremakeconflictmillionaireresidentdual personalitychess matchcheckmate