The read
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decade-long affair.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes11%
Metacritic33/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
57 audience votes
Key crew
- Dustin Lance BlackDirector
- Dustin Lance BlackWriter
- Nick UrataOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jennifer ConnellyVirginia
- Emma RobertsJessie Tipton
- Toby JonesMax
- Ed HarrisSheriff Dick Tipton
- Carrie PrestonBetty
- Lucas GrabeelNervous Mormon
- Yeardley SmithMrs. Whitaker
- Amy MadiganMrs. Tipton
- Anne LockhartPolice Dispatch Operator (voice)
- Alex FrostJosh
- Harrison GilbertsonEmmett
- Garrett ClaytonMormon boy (as Gary Clayton)
Stills
Themes
sheriffparent child relationship