The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
The lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford, in the 30 years since the 18-year-old Andrea penned a play about growing up in the community titled "The Arbor".
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic88/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
49 audience votes
Key crew
- Clio BarnardDirector
- Molly NymanOriginal Music Composer
- Harry EscottOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Christine BottomleyLisa Thompson
- Manjinder VirkLorraine Dunbar
- Natalie GavinThe Girl
- George CostiganJimmy 'The Wig'
- Monica DolanAnn Hamilton
- Neil DudgeonSteve Saul
- Jimi MistryYousaf
- Robert EmmsYoung David
- Kate RutterThe Mother
- Danny WebbMax Stafford-Clark / The Father
- Matthew McNultyAndrew Dunbar
- Kathryn PogsonPamela Dunbar
Stills
Themes
prisonautobiographyinterracial relationshipdomestic abuseplaywrightdrugswoman directormixed race childbradford