The read
Audiences rate it 34 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
In 1990 Chicago, a taxi driver recounts to his passenger, a sportswriter, his life story. He reveals himself to be Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, one of the first African Americans to play in the NBA.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes26%
Audiences rate it 34 points higher than critics do.
32 audience votes
Key crew
- Martin GuiguiDirector
- Martin GuiguiWriter
- Martin GuiguiOriginal Music Composer
- Jeff CardoniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Everett OsborneNathaniel 'Sweetwater' Clifton
- Cary ElwesNed Irish
- Jeremy PivenJoe Lapchick
- Eric RobertsJudd
- Jim CaviezelSports Writer
- Richard DreyfussMaurice Podoloff
- Kevin PollakAbe Saperstein
- Mike StarrEddie Gottlieb
- Jim MeskimenMiles Slocum
- Jason SklarDonnie Grossman
- EmmalineJeanne Staples
- Ashani RobertsSweetwater's Mother