The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Richard is assigned public service after crashing his homemade aircraft, leading him to meet Jane, a young woman dying of motor neuron disease. After they strike up a friendship, Jane asks Richard to help fulfill her deepest wish: to lose her virginity before her death.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes45%
Metacritic48/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
46 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul GreengrassDirector
- Rolfe KentOriginal Music Composer
- Richard HawkinsWriter
Cast
- Helena Bonham CarterJane Hatchard
- Kenneth BranaghRichard
- Gemma JonesAnne
- Holly AirdJulie
- Ray StevensonGigolo
- Ruth JonesBecky
- Sue Jones-DaviesCatherine
- Gwenyth PettyMagistrate
- Robert BlytheFarmer
- Aneirin HughesDoctor
- Natasha WilliamsCare Worker
- Sian NaiomiVolunteer
Stills
Themes
wheelchairflightfriendsdiseasedyingmotor neuron diseasebehinderung