The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
Based on a true story, ‘the Narrator’ is befriended by his young new neighbor, after he joins the local newspaper team. Obsessed with the idea that ‘the Kid’ may be a sociopath, ‘the Narrator’ goes to extreme lengths to uncover the truth about him. After unsettling rendezvous, the truth he finds is anything but what he expected.
Ratings
IMDb4.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes58%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Thomas F. MazziottiDirector
- Thomas F. MazziottiScreenplay
Cast
- Thomas SadoskiThe Narrator
- Jake RobinsonThe Kid
- Austin PendletonThe Driver
- Gina GershonThe Woman at the Bar
- Marilu HennerThe Assistant Editor
- Tammy BlanchardThe Young Woman
- Didi ConnThe Gossip Lady
- Josh PaisThe Neurotic Lawyer
- Jessica Keenan WynnThe Librarian
- M. Emmet WalshThe Director
- Jessica WalterThe Editor
- Matthew MaherThe Waiter/Bartender
Stills
Themes
screenwriterwriter's blocksociopathdoppelgängerdead wife