The read
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.
Ratings
IMDb3.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
92 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter HewittScreenplay
- Peter HewittDirector
- Phil HughesScreenplay
- Guy FletcherOriginal Music Composer
- Rupert Gregson-WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Simon CallowSir John Osgood
- Stephen FrySir Anthony Silk
- Celia ImrieMiss Rapier
- Paul GiamattiJohnson J. Johnson
- Ned BeattyGen. Ed Sheppard
- Bruce CookPatrick Smash
- Rupert GrintAlan A. Allen
- Bronagh GallagherMrs. Smash
- Victor McGuireMr. Smash
- Adam GodleyPlacido P. Placeedo
- Leslie PhillipsJudge
- Robert HardyDoctor