Modify Apollo Cache Root Query with variable

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I am trying to use cache.modify to change the status and feeling for one of the movies in the following query. I can’t figure out what to pass cache.identify() to get this query.

ROOT_QUERY: 
  searchMovies:{"data":{"term":"hoosiers"}}: 
    cursor: null
    movies: 
      610b67ac02500b064693f29b: 
        __typename: "MovieStatus"
        movie : {__ref: 'Movie:610b67ac02500b064693f29b'}
        status: null
        feeling: null
      610b67b202500b064694368f: {__typename: 'MovieStatus', movie: {…}, status: null, feeling: null}
      610b67c202500b064694edc7: {__typename: 'MovieStatus', movie: {…}, status: null, feeling: null}
      610b682d02500b0646999238: {__typename: 'MovieStatus', movie: {…}, status: null, feeling: null}
      610b682202500b0646992249: {__typename: 'MovieStatus', movie: {…}, status: null, feeling: null}
      610b684602500b06469a9b78: {__typename: 'MovieStatus', movie: {…}, status: null, feeling: null}
      [[Prototype]]: Object
      totalCount: 6
    [[Prototype]]: Object

I tried using cache.readQuery:

  const search = cache.readQuery({
    query: SEARCH_MOVIES_QUERY,
    variables: {
      term: searchTerm
    }
  })

but I get an error: (Invariant Violation: Invariant Violation: 44)