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Ray Meets Helen

Play trailer 1:39 Poster for Ray Meets Helen Released May 4, 2018 1h 40m Drama Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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It's been said that relativity defines human experience -- who, where, when, yours, mine, theirs -- and by chance or design, it's all relative. Ray meets Helen during a random collision of altered fates. They are strangers, over 60, lonely, and luckless. He hit rock bottom in the big city, and she found it on a small farm. It's a struggle for both of them to not to give up. But then separately and without warning, they become overwhelmed by unrelated and extraordinary events.
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John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter Moviegoers expecting a sprightly golden-years romance have come to the wrong place. So have those looking for a moody but credible reflection on decades of regrets. May 7, 2018 Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times Comprising multiple, loosely interwoven plot threads united as much by the characters' lyrical speech patterns as their end-of-life longings, "Ray Meets Helen" has a wistful, whimsical sophistication that has all but disappeared from movies. May 3, 2018 Full Review Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times While it bears many of the thematic and stylistic hallmarks that made Rudolph a reliable figure on the '80s indie scene with such films as "Choose Me" and "Trouble in Mind," this mannered character study comes across as more affected than affecting. May 2, 2018 Full Review Todd Jorgenson Cinemalogue Trying to balance whimsical romantic fantasy with a melancholy examination of guilt and regret, the film struggles to make its characters likeable or believable. Jan 4, 2019 Full Review Armond White National Review "Ray Meets Helen is political in the sense that matters most. It goes beneath the surface of its characters' differences to show what they have in common - what makes them soul mates." Jun 26, 2018 Full Review David Noh Film Journal International Sadly, the magic doesn't happen this time for Alan Rudolph, a very special filmmaker whose specialty has always been romance among the lost. May 4, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Alan Rudolph is back after a 15 year hiatus and the result is a beautiful fable that lives and breathes and is more human than any film I've seen this year. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Love it! You can feel the art of this rudolph's film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis It's been said that relativity defines human experience -- who, where, when, yours, mine, theirs -- and by chance or design, it's all relative. Ray meets Helen during a random collision of altered fates. They are strangers, over 60, lonely, and luckless. He hit rock bottom in the big city, and she found it on a small farm. It's a struggle for both of them to not to give up. But then separately and without warning, they become overwhelmed by unrelated and extraordinary events.
Director
Alan Rudolph
Producer
Ernst Etchie Stroh, Steven J. Wolfe
Screenwriter
Alan Rudolph
Distributor
TriCoast Worldwide
Production Co
Moonstone Entertainment, Sneak Preview Entertainment
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 4, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 4, 2018
Runtime
1h 40m
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