The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
A successful writer of children's books, Stephen Lewis is confronted with the unthinkable—he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realises his daughter is gone. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
105 audience votes
Key crew
- Stephen ButchardWriter
- Julian FarinoDirector
- Adrian JohnstonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Benedict CumberbatchStephen Lewis
- Kelly MacdonaldJulie Lewis
- Stephen Campbell MooreCharles Darke
- Saskia ReevesThelma Darke
- Andrea HallPolicewoman
- Jim CreightonMale Neighbour
- Beatrice WhiteKate Lewis
- Rosa-Marie LewisShop Assistant
- Franc AshmanLydia Webb
- Anna MadeleyRachel Murray
- John HopkinsHome Secretary
- Elliot LeveyPrime Minister
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Themes
based on novel or bookmarriage crisistime travelbritish prime ministerdream sequenceestranged couplemarital separationlost childmissing daughtergrieving parents