The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 14m.
Synopsis
Jo, a witty 9-year old terminally ill girl is taken back to her rural village to live out the rest of her short life. Her only comfort during these dull times are her dreams of being a superhero, which prove to be something her rebellious teenage sister Mwix, overprotective mother Kathryn and the entire village of Maweni think they can fulfill.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
36 audience votes
Key crew
- Kamau Wa Ndung'uScreenplay
- Mugambi NthigaScreenplay
- Sean PeeversOriginal Music Composer
- Silas MiamiScreenplay
- Wanjeri GakuruScreenplay
- Likarion WainainaDirector
Cast
- Stycie WaweruJo
- Nyawara NdambiaMwix
- Marrianne NungoKathryn
- Johnson Gitau ChegeMike
- Humphrey MainaPato
- Joseph OmariChairman
- Rita NjengaNyanya
- Dinah GithinjiAnne
- Neliex NderituTitus
- Ednah DaisyJosephine
- Peris WambuiCaro
- Mercy KariukiSoni