The read
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Metacritic42/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
191 audience votes
Key crew
- J.J. AbramsScreenplay
- Jill MazurskyScreenplay
- Arthur HillerDirector
- Stewart CopelandOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jim BelushiJimmy Dworski
- Charles GrodinSpencer Barnes
- Anne DeSalvoDebbie Lipton
- Loryn LocklinJewel Bentley
- Stephen ElliottWalter Bentley
- Héctor ElizondoWarden Toolman
- Veronica HamelElizabeth Barnes
- MakoMr. Sakamoto
- Gates McFaddenDiane Connors
- John de LancieTed Bradford Jr.
- Thom SharpMike Steward
- Ken ForeeJ.B., Prisoner making demands
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Themes
career