The read
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A Jamaican widower recently released from a mental institution and a former housewife with an imagined lover in the form of 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini become the unlikely tenants of an eccentric widow in Los Angeles.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic37/100
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles BurnettDirector
- Anthony C. WinklerWriter
- Laura KarpmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James Earl JonesFish
- Lynn RedgravePoinsettia
- Margot KidderMrs. Muldroone
- Sarah BenoitReno Minister's Wife
- Andy GarzaWedding Groom
- Tommy Redmond HicksNew York City Minister
- Ronald F. HoiseckReno Minister
- Shannon WilcoxHippie Preacher's Wife
- Victoria PrismantasYoung Hippie Woman
- Paul M. HellerMailman
- David KagenSocial Worker
- Arlene AlbertsonWoman at Bus Station
Stills
Themes
imaginary friendlonelinessinterracial relationshipinterracial romanceboarding houseelderly couplerooming houseeccentricityboarding house owneraging manromance of two elderly peoplehollywood, california