Ray Meets Helen
| Ray Meets Helen | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Alan Rudolph |
| Screenplay by | Alan Rudolph |
| Produced by | Keith Carradine Elaine Dysinger Michael Stewart Grant Chris Hazzard Sondra Locke Ernst Etchie Stroh Shahar Stroh Lesley Ann Warren Steven J. Wolfe |
| Starring | Keith Carradine Sondra Locke |
| Cinematography | Spencer Hutchins |
| Edited by | Jason Erickson |
| Music by | Shahar Stroh |
| Distributed by | Moonstone Entertainment |
Release dates | October 9, 2017 (Haifa International Film Festival) May 4, 2018 (USA) |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Ray Meets Helen is a 2017 romantic drama film directed by Alan Rudolph.
Plot
Ray and Helen each happen upon large sums of much which enable them to reinvent themselves.
Cast
- Keith Carradine as Ray
- Cade Carradine as Young Ray
- Sondra Locke as Helen
- Keith David as Harve
- Samantha Mathis as Mary
- Jennifer Tilly as Ginger
- Joshua Johnson-Lionel as Andre
- Kim Wayans as Lizzie Faye
- Cynda Williams as Doctor Harris
- Jack Noseworthy as Loomis
- Lenny von Dohlen as Armond
- Tyson Ritter as Woody
- Neil Jackson as Russ
- John Hawkinson as Detective Dukes
- Kim Beuché as Betty
- Courtney Lopez Gwen
- Hayley DuMond as Nurse Rose
- Dionne Lea as Joan
- Shahar Stroh as Gad
- Debra Dusay as Rita
- Michael Stewart Grant as Det. Brank
- Chicago Jones as Customs Agent Snyder
- Jason Henry as Romeo
- Grace Caruso as Bank Clerk Ruth
- Rowan Russell as Bank Clerk Harold
- Dan Rutkowski as Flagman
- Amanda Erickson as Nurse Thorne
- Suzan Berberian as Reporter Zelda Rappaport
- Eugene Miranda as Bus Driver
- Marcus Salgado as Street Tough
- Tal Drori as Cart Operator Abner
- Richard Lewis Warren as Vince
- Joe E. Dawn as Himself
- Josh Horton as Pierre
- Mara Reltien as Waitress Eva
- Yael Stroh as Yael
- Steven J. Wolfe as Mr. Rich
- Beth Orenstein as Homeless Woman
- Michael Weaver as Foster
- Karim Cheikh Ali as Gor
- Ernst Etchie Stroh as Shlomo
- Boaz Milgalter as Bennie
- Ben Burris as Ivan
- Andrew Stiko as Street Punk
Production
The film was originally to star Lesley Ann Warren as Helen,[1] but she was later replaced by Sandra Locke.
Release
The film premiered at the Haifa International Film Festival on October 9, 2017. It was later released in the USA on May 4, 2018.
Reception
Metacritic gives the film an average rating of 64 out of 100, based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]
In a mixed review, John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "the movie succumbs to one false note after the other — contrivances both fortunate and un- that increasingly test our willingness to accept what has come before as simply the strange vibes of a filmmaker accustomed to another age."[3]
Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times wrote that the film "has a wistful, whimsical sophistication that has all but disappeared from movies. Filled with imaginative visuals populated by the ghosts of the gone and hopes for the future, the movie is wonderfully, magically humane."[4]