The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Seymour Polatkin is a successful, gay Indian poet from Spokane who confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home on the reservation to attend the funeral of a dear friend.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes59%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Sherman AlexieDirector
- Sherman AlexieWriter
- Brent Michael DavidsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Evan AdamsSeymour Polatkin
- Michelle St. JohnAgnes Roth
- Gene TagabanAristotle Joseph
- Swil KanimMouse
- Rebecca CarrollThe Interviewer
- Cynthia GearyTeresa
- Leo RossiMr. Williams
- Arthur TuleeJunior One
- Jim BoydJunior Two
- Ron OtisWhite Motorist
- William Joseph Elk IIITavern Father
- Jennifer Elizabeth KreisbergSalmon Girl (as Jennifer Kreisberg)
Themes
indigenous lgbt