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Ray Meets Helen
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Wikipedia article
'Ray Meets Helen' is a 2017 romantic drama film directed by Alan Rudolph. It is notable as Sondra Locke's last acting appearance, age 74.
Plot
Ray and Helen each happen upon large sums of money 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 Caleb Johnson as Andr
*Kim Wayans as Lizzie Faye
*Cynda Williams as Doctor Harris
*Jack Noseworthy as Loomis
*Lenny von Dohlen as Armond
*Tyson Ritter as Woody
*Susan Misner as Jane
*Neil Jackson as Russ
*Steven J. Wolfe as Mr. Rich
Production
The film originally was to star Lesley Ann Warren as Helen, but she was replaced by the older Sondra Locke, who came out of retirement to do the role. It was Alan Rudolph's first feature film in 15 years.
Release
The film premiered at the Haifa International Film Festival on October 9, 2017. It was released in the U.S. on May 4, 2018.
Reception
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."
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."
References
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