Ray & Liz
2018 · Movie · 107 min · ★ 6.7 · 88% critics
On the edges of Birmingham, a struggling family drifts through neglect, poverty, and damaged routines in a cramped council flat. Told in three episodes, the story mixes harsh realism with dark humor to capture a difficult childhood shaped by forces that feel impossible to escape.
Also known as Ray and Liz
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-10-06
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (58 votes)
About
You may like this if you can handle bleak, darkly funny social drama about family hardship and difficult childhood memories, especially if Belfast or Liam worked for you; Not for you if you want warmth, easy empathy, or an uplifting mood.
Pros: darkly funny moments; raw emotional impact; vivid sense of place | Cons: relentlessly grim tone; hard to empathize; feels self-pitying
Themes
- tape recorder
- working class
- alcoholic
- neglected child
- council estate
- 1980s
- birmingham
- budgerigar
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — European Discovery of the Year · 2019 · nominated
- IFFR audience award · 2019 · nominated
Cast & crew
Justin Salinger
as Ray
Ella Smith
as Liz
Patrick Romer
as Older Ray
- DK
Deirdre Kelly
as Older Liz
Tony Way
as Lol
Sam Gittins
as Will
Richard Ashton
as Sid
- JM
Joshua Millard-Lloyd
as Jason
- MD
Mary Helen Donald
as Hilda
- JT
Jacob Tuton
as Richard (Aged 10)
Directed by Richard Billingham