The read
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, and the result is a life-altering friendship.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Metacritic40/100
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
378 audience votes
Key crew
- Mark PellingtonDirector
- Stuart Ross FinkWriter
- Nathan Matthew DavidOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Shirley MacLaineHarriet Lauler
- Amanda SeyfriedAnne Sherman
- Anne HecheElizabeth
- Thomas SadoskiRobin Sands
- Philip Baker HallEdward
- Adina PorterBree Wilson
- Sarah BakerZoe
- Tom Everett ScottRonald Odom
- Gedde WatanabeLouie the gardener
- Joel MurrayJoe Mueller
- Marshall BellEdward
- Steven CulpSam Serman
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Themes
friendshipsuicide attemptvandalismroad tripadvertising executiveobituaryradio djobituary writeressay writer