RAY MEETS HELEN (2017) ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Alan Rudolph
Keith Carradine, Sondra Locke, Samantha Mathis,
Keith David, Jennifer Tilly, Joshua Caleb Johnson
Two lonely, screwed-up people meet and hit it off, just as they both come into some unexpected money. It's another bit of cinematic sleight-of-hand from Alan Rudolph, his first movie in 15 years, and a nice vehicle for Keith Carradine and Sondra Locke. It was Locke's last screen role - she died six months after the film's release - and she has a sort of dreamy remoteness that fits her character, and Rudolph's dreamscape universe, perfectly. For the rest, it's an Alan Rudolph movie starring Keith Carradine - the sixth picture the two of them have worked on together. If you're a fan of either or both, that'll be enough.
