Ray & Liz

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Ray & Liz

2019,

1h 48m,

Drama

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Outside of Birmingham, Ray and Liz raise their two sons living on the margins of society, performing extreme rituals and breaking social taboos as they deal with issues beyond their control.

Critics Consensus

Ray & Liz takes an unflinching look at lives impacted by poverty whose lingering impact is enhanced by writer-director Richard Billingham's refusal to indulge in sentimentality.

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Justin Chang

Los Angeles Times

Jul 20, 2019

What distinguishes "Ray & Liz" is its ability to find strange tonal nuances within that terrible sadness; bleak as it is, it's remarkably devoid of bitterness or rancor, and even its most despairing passages are flecked with humor and hope.

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Dave White

TheWrap

Jul 19, 2019

Billingham's famous photos are tough-minded and emotionally painful, silent by virtue of their medium. And his live-action version offers a similar experience.

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José Teodoro

Film Comment Magazine

Jul 15, 2019

Gorgeously photographed on 16mm, Richard Billingham's Ray and Liz counters the grubby, quasi-authentic tenets of so-called British miserablism with humor, beauty, and a sensuality that in no way dilutes the hardships and neglect at its core

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Mar 31, 2022

4/10

The domestic portrait with which it reconstructs fragments of Billingham's childhood and his dysfunctional family seems infinitely flat to me. Full review in Spanish

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Alonso Díaz de la Vega

El Universal

Dec 9, 2021

Even the presence of memory and the past show that no evil lasts forever. At least for Richard and Jason. [Full review in Spanish]

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Amelia Harvey

Screen Queens

Apr 13, 2020

3/5

Whilst it doesn't follow a concrete narrative, Ray & Liz is a moving portrayal of a family trying to stay above the poverty line.

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Hermione M

Feb 7, 2019

Detailed sets recreate interiors detailed in Billingham's still images of his family home. The overall feeling is similar to the kitchen sink dramas with gritty realism portraying poverty and the dysfunctional family.

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Draco P

Nov 19, 2018

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Oct 21, 2018

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Synopsis

Outside of Birmingham, Ray and Liz raise their two sons living on the margins of society, performing extreme rituals and breaking social taboos as they deal with issues beyond their control.

Director: Richard Billingham
Producer: Jacqui Davies
Screenwriter: Richard Billingham
Distributor: KimStim
Production Co: Severn Screen Limited, Jacqui Davies
Genre: Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 10, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 14, 2020
Runtime: 1h 48m

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