Ray Meets Helen

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Ray Meets Helen

Released May 4, 2018

1h 40m

Drama

Romance

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7 Reviews

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Love it! You can feel the art of this rudolph's film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Sondra Locke

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Keith David

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Samantha Mathis

Mary

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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.

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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