The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated for ten years. Soon after, Beth forms an unlikely alliance with Jess, an idealistic young protégé of the public defense team, who decides to take on Beth's cause whether she likes it or not.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic83/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
47 audience votes
Key crew
- Matthew NewtonDirector
- Matthew NewtonWriter
Cast
- Julianne NicholsonBeth
- Emma RobertsJess
- Zachary QuintoPeter
- Jimmy SmitsCarl
- Jess WeixlerGabby
- Lea ThompsonAlana
- Jason BiggsVince
- Scott CohenSam
- Grant ShaudJudge
- Gloria ReubenRebecca
- Samantha HillMonica
- Octavia Chavez-RichmondSonya
Stills
Themes
release from prisonrehabilitationcustody battletrialmother daughter estrangementpublic defenderlegal guardianestranged mothersister sister relationship