The read
Scores higher than 76% of the 6,766 2020s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Plagued by an abusive childhood, a woman finds escape in competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction before ultimately finding her voice through writing.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic76/100
92 audience votes
Key crew
- Kristen StewartDirector
- Kristen StewartScreenplay
- Paris HurleyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Imogen PootsLidia Yuknavitch
- Thora BirchClaudia
- Jim BelushiKen Kesey
- Tom SturridgeDevin
- Earl CavePhilip
- Michael EppMike
- Charlie CarrickAndy Mingo
- Susannah FloodDorothy
- Kim GordonPhotographer
- Esmé Creed-MilesClaire
- Jeremy Ang JonesChad
- Peter RundleRandy Reese
Stills
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Themes
sexual abusesuicide attemptheroinabusive fatherswimmerwriterbased on memoir or autobiographydivorcemolestationlgbtalcoholic fatherchild molestation