This movie had much more depth, impact and soul than the last few seasons of the tv show. They were directionless, shallow, dreary and streched out, unwatchable some. Instead of going back to episodic Ray as in the first seasons, where he dealth with cases or writing a quality storyline, they kept pilling on one more depressing and dull plot point after another, cycling while going down the drain.
The film finally breathes a bit of fresh air and airs out the staleness the show finished with. The history of Ray is nicely (noyslee) laid out and portrayed with spirit and emotional impact, the actors, especially the stoic, silent young Ray does a fantastic job. And while keeping with the tragic family cloud it managest to instill some positivity.
There are still some lingering drawbacks from the show, Bridget is no more appealing and less annoying than she was and that always looking like she just woke up drunk without make up rich chick Ray is with, shes just as poorly written and pathetic.
But aside from that, the movie regains a lot of the soul of the first few season of Ray and brings back some entertainment that the Ray Donovan name used to bring.
The film finally breathes a bit of fresh air and airs out the staleness the show finished with. The history of Ray is nicely (noyslee) laid out and portrayed with spirit and emotional impact, the actors, especially the stoic, silent young Ray does a fantastic job. And while keeping with the tragic family cloud it managest to instill some positivity.
There are still some lingering drawbacks from the show, Bridget is no more appealing and less annoying than she was and that always looking like she just woke up drunk without make up rich chick Ray is with, shes just as poorly written and pathetic.
But aside from that, the movie regains a lot of the soul of the first few season of Ray and brings back some entertainment that the Ray Donovan name used to bring.