The read
Scores higher than 87% of the 7,030 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic65/100
620 audience votes
Key crew
- Philippe FalardeauDirector
- Margaret NagleScreenplay
- Martin LéonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Reese WitherspoonCarrie Davis
- Corey StollJack
- Arnold OcengMamere
- Ger DuanyJeremiah
- Thad LuckinbillMatt
- Afemo OmilamiDr. Monyang
- Sarah BakerPamela Lowi
- Joshua MikelDave
- Mike PniewskiNick Costas
- Lindsey GarrettJenny
- Emmanuel JalPaul
- Kuoth WielAbital
Stills
Movies like The Good Lie
Themes
refugeekansas, usasudanese