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Raymond & Ray

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6.3/10 • 186

2022-10-141h 46m

DramaComedy

Two brothers. One final request.

Half brothers Raymond and Ray reunite when their estranged father dies—and discover that his final wish was for them to dig his grave. Together, they process who they’ve become as men, both because of their father and in spite of him.

Directors
Rodrigo García
Writters
Rodrigo García
Editors
Michael Ruscio

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  1. Ewan McGregor

    Ewan McGregor

    Raymond

  2. Ethan Hawke

    Ethan Hawke

    Ray

  3. Maribel Verdú

    Maribel Verdú

    Lucia

  4. Sophie Okonedo

    Sophie Okonedo

    Kiera

  5. Vondie Curtis-Hall

    Vondie Curtis-Hall

    Reverend West

  6. Todd Louiso

    Todd Louiso

    Canfield

  7. Tom Bower

    Tom Bower

    Harris

  8. Maxim Swinton

    Maxim Swinton

    Simon

  9. Chris Silcox

    Chris Silcox

    Leon

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CinemaSerf

Oct 26, 2022

6/10

"Raymond" (Ewan McGregor) arrives at the home of his step-brother "Ray" (Ethan Hawke) to declare that their rather brutish father has died. The former feels duty bound to go to the funeral - if only to see the man is dead - and after a bit of prevaricating, manages to convince his brother to attend too. Upon arrival, they discover that they are to inherit his (very) modest fortune, but the condition is that they must dig his grave, put his coffin into it, then cover it up afterwards. Despite generally despising this man, they go along with it and as the time for the interment approaches they discover that their late dad had quite a skill for making sons. The youngest being fathered with the younger "Lucia" (Maribel Verdú) with whom he ended up living at his demise and another set of rather acrobatic twins show up too. When it is just the two men on screen, there is a degree of intimacy and chemistry that works well - we get a sense of not just how nasty their father was, but of just how impactful his behaviour had been on his children - and on their own less than successful marital relationships. When the cast broadens out more though, the story loses that potency and we end up with a rather muddled series of character studies all centring around the behaviour of a man who isn't actually here for us to evaluate ourselves. There are some lovely jazz numbers - "Ray" bring skilful with the trumpet, and the production is stylish but somehow the whole thing is just a bit lacklustre.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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