Ray Donovan: The Movie

The story and dialog were slow and contrary in many aspects to the characters we have come to know. The acting was impeccable as it was throughout the series, but my family and I still did not find it to be a satisfying conclusion! :-(

"Ray Donovan: The Movie" picks up where season 7 ended. Ray's father Mickey (Jon Voight) on the run with valuable documents belonging to the Donovans' long-time rivals, the Sullivan clan, while Ray (Liev Schreiber) and his brothers Terry (Eddie Marsan), Bunchy (Dash Mihok) and Daryll (Pooch Hall) are dealing with the usual questions of fate and a haunted past from which they'll never quite escape. Ray's daughter Bridget (Kerris Dorsey) has been left a young widow after her husband Smitty (Graham Rogers) was collateral damage in yet another shootout involving the Donovans. Outstanding acting performance from the whole cast, and Live Schreiber´s best role of his career. With this movie, Ray gets the send-off he deserves. Like his daughter Bridget in the movie says: "It had to stop, it had to end". Ray, we will miss you!

This is a movie that will only please the fans of the excellent show Ray Donovan. I can't see anyone enjoying this movie if they didn't watch the series before, it's almost impossible to understand then. But if you did, this movie is a good farewell. I enjoyed all the seven seasons of Ray Donovan, a show that got better with the years, with excellent characters, like Mickey, Bunchy, Terry and Ray. The movie is clearly the end of the show, that we will all miss but to everything comes an end and they couldn't have it done better than with this movie.

Movie captured the heart of the series, as best you can in 100 minutes. Flashbacks used well and are obviously necessary as opposed to some opinions here. If you were a fan of this excellent series, you should be satisfied. Acting superb as always.

While the show would have definitely benefited from a last season, the movie does a very decent job of closing out the story for the characters as they were at the end of Season 7.

However, the movie cannot stand on it's own. It relies on the setup of 7 seasons of story and character progression. Watching this from an "outsiders" perspective is not recommended.

If you are a fan of the series, this should be a nice sendoff that stays true to the major cast of characters, while still leaving on a fairly open note.

Fully recommended for series veterans. The movie does not waste any time with filler and feels like a multi-part finale condensed into just over two episodes of length.