The read
Scores higher than 82% of the 1,345 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them apart.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic73/100
100 audience votes
Key crew
- Penelope SpheerisDirector
- Penelope SpheerisScreenplay
Cast
- Chris PedersenJack Diddley
- Bill CoyneEvan Johnson
- Jennifer ClaySheila
- Timothy Eric O'BrienSkinner
- Wade WalstonJoe Schmo
- FleaRazzle
- Maggie EhrigMattie
- Grant MinerKeef
- Christina BeckT'resa
- Andrew PeceEthan Johnson
- Donald V. AllenOfficer William Rennard
- Jeff PrettymanBob Skokes
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