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Rose Ayling-Ellis plays Alison Brooks, a deaf civilian working in a police canteen who is drawn into the investigation of a dangerous gang thanks to her lip-reading skills.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
And the lip-reading subtitles kind of evolved even in postproduction.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2025
Sign Language Dictionary When William Stokoe, an English literature professor, arrived at Gallaudet College in 1955, many schools required deaf students to lip-read and speak aloud instead of using sign language, which was dismissed as a crude or lesser form of communication.
—Alan Burdick, New York Times, 16 May 2025
When the police call on Alison to lip-read the conversations of dangerous criminals, she is plunged into a high-stakes new world.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 May 2025
Taylor Swift fans have claimed to have been able to lip-read what the singer and Travis Kelce said to each other after the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills Sunday night.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
The actresses — who were the target of separate lip-reading rumors at the Golden Globes last weekend — poked fun at all the commotion online by posing for a cheeky photo together at the 2023 American Film Institute Awards in Los Angeles on Friday.
—EW.com, 13 Jan. 2024
The idea that there was a snub gained traction Monday when people on the internet, as well as Freeman, whom Page Six identified Monday as a lip-reading expert, viewed one or more of the video clips that have been circulating on social media.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
And the lip-reading subtitles kind of evolved even in postproduction.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2025
Sign Language Dictionary When William Stokoe, an English literature professor, arrived at Gallaudet College in 1955, many schools required deaf students to lip-read and speak aloud instead of using sign language, which was dismissed as a crude or lesser form of communication.
—Alan Burdick, New York Times, 16 May 2025
When the police call on Alison to lip-read the conversations of dangerous criminals, she is plunged into a high-stakes new world.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 May 2025
Taylor Swift fans have claimed to have been able to lip-read what the singer and Travis Kelce said to each other after the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills Sunday night.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
The actresses — who were the target of separate lip-reading rumors at the Golden Globes last weekend — poked fun at all the commotion online by posing for a cheeky photo together at the 2023 American Film Institute Awards in Los Angeles on Friday.
—EW.com, 13 Jan. 2024
The idea that there was a snub gained traction Monday when people on the internet, as well as Freeman, whom Page Six identified Monday as a lip-reading expert, viewed one or more of the video clips that have been circulating on social media.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
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“Lip-read.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lip-read. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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