The Reading

2023
TV-MA
1h 36m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

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Mo'Nique, Denisha Hardeman, Ian Haywood, Mcauley Teters, Courtney Glaude, and Chasity Sereal in The Reading (2023)

Recently widowed Emma Leeden details the loss of her family to a gruesome break-in in her new book "Invasion". To generate press, Emma agrees to a staged reading by 19 year-old Sky Brown in Emma's now fortified home. There's only one problem, Sky's spiritual connection is real. Evil emerges in a house they can't get out of.

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The story follows Emma as she writes a book in order to cope with a deadly home invasion and now a new terror will be unleashed, after a reading performed in her home.The story follows Emma as she writes a book in order to cope with a deadly home invasion and now a new terror will be unleashed, after a reading performed in her home.The story follows Emma as she writes a book in order to cope with a deadly home invasion and now a new terror will be unleashed, after a reading performed in her home.

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Wondering if this is supposed to be Whoopi Goldberg kid after Ghost. The psychic mom has same name. Oda M Brown.

Soundtracks
Invisible Line
performed by Stephen Keech

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Featured review

8/10

Lower the expectations and then enjoy.

Firstly, please remember this is a BET movie so expecting big budget imagery and writing and acting is ridiculous. So once I put on my Lifetime Movie, Tubi goggles I enjoyed it. Monique was surrounded by amateurs so of course she stood out. The entire production was beneath her but she made it work to the very end. Whomever did the casting could have brought in at least a more seasoned actress for the role of Sky. She was dead in the face like the girl from Twilight.

It is not what I thought it would be with the story but it was a decent twist. I would watch again to catch a few more inconsistent pieces and watch Monique.