Raymond & Ray

[Opened Oct. 14 in theaters and available Oct. 21 on Apple TV+.] When an uptight, Cincinnati utility employee (Ewan McGregor), who is separated from his third wife, shows up at the home of his estranged, trumpet-playing, ex-drug-addicted half-brother (Ethan Hawke) to let him know their mean-spirited, abusive horrible father (Tom Bower) has died in Rodrigo García's compelling, quirky, superbly acted, well-written, humor-dotted, thought-provoking, unpredictable, 105-minute film, they begin to reminisce about their traumatic and awful upbringing, discover from the lawyer (Oscar Nuñez) that their dad wanted to be buried in a plain pine coffin and insisted that the brothers dig his grave by hand, and then they are surprised at the cemetery after an assortment of eclectic attendees, including the stern funeral director (Todd Louiso), the deceased's sexy lover (Maribel Verdú), three other sons (Maxim Swinton, Chris Silcox, and Chris Grabher), his hospice nurse (Sophie Okonedo), and a flamboyant minister (Vondie Curtis-Hall), arrive.
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