The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 93% of the 7,030 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic86/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
6,573 audience votes
Key crew
- Jennifer KentDirector
- Jennifer KentWriter
- Jed KurzelOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Essie DavisAmelia Vanek
- Noah WisemanSamuel Vanek
- Hayley McElhinneyClaire
- Daniel HenshallRobbie
- Barbara WestGracie Roach
- Ben WinspearOskar Vanek
- Cathy AdamekPrue
- Craig BehennaWarren
- HachiBugsy
- Tim PurcellThe Babadook
- Chloe HurnRuby
- Jacquy PhillipsBeverly
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Themes
monsternightmareparent child relationshipdysfunctional familysleeplessnesssingle mothergrievingwoman directordeath of spousebehavioral disorderspsychological disorderstraumatized woman
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