The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes42%
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
84 audience votes
Key crew
- Barnet KellmanDirector
- Brad FiedelOriginal Music Composer
- Craig BolotinScreenplay
- Patricia ResnickScreenplay
Cast
- Dolly PartonShirlee Kenyon
- James WoodsJack Russell
- Griffin DunneAlan Riegert
- Michael MadsenSteve
- Deirdre O'ConnellLily
- John SaylesGuy Girardi
- Teri HatcherJanice
- Spalding GrayDr. Erdman
- Jerry OrbachMilo Jacoby
- Philip BoscoGene Perlman
- Charles FleischerTony
- Keith MacKechnieGordon
Stills
Movies like Straight Talk
Themes
chicago, illinoisromcomradio programtalk radio