The read
Critics rate it 32 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
Nellie, Daisy and Lou attend an institution for delinquent girls on an isolated island in 1954. The trio rail against the system, finding strength in their friendship but this is challenged when the school's matron divides them.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Critics rate it 32 points higher than audiences do.
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Josephine Stewart-Te WhiuDirector
- Maddie DaiScreenplay
- Cam BallantyneOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Erana JamesNellie
- Nathalie MorrisLou
- Manaia HallDaisy
- Rima Te WiataThe Matron
- Aaron JacksonShip Captain
- Molly Jarvis-TaylorNora
- Tōmairangi Paterson-WaakaPolly
- Kylana Peauafi SymondsAnahera
- Isayah SnowPeggy
- Hillary MoulderMary
- Maximus CharterisFreddie
- Stephen LovattGovernment Official