![]() The pros are that the pacing is fairly solid throughout, and that the length of this movie does play out like an extended episode would without overstaying its welcome. One thing that may surprise some is that the film is only 100-minutes long, which has some pros and cons. The movie picks up pretty much right after the season finale of season seven leaves off, so if you’ve yet to watch the movie I’d recommend just going back to season seven and watching the last episode again to get the flow going again heading into the movie. I’m not sure who decided to call it The Movie, but I think calling it Ray Donovan: The Finale would’ve been more apropos. This isn’t a movie that someone who has never watched the show can just pick up and watch, as it doesn’t stand alone whatsoever. ![]() Now, I do say movie because it’s called Ray Donovan: The Movie, but really it should be viewed as episode 11 of the seventh season, because that’s what it is. While I still feel that after seven seasons unceremoniously cancelling the show like they did was just a terrible move, as it doesn’t exactly make you want to invest time into seasons of a show on a network that doesn’t care about its customers, I will say that at the very least it’s good that we got this movie to help wrap up the main storylines, even if it’s a bit rushed at times. When the pandemic hit things obviously were thrown for a loop, but a year later it was announced that Showtime ordered a feature length movie that would serve as a closing chapter to the series. Not long after Schreiber announced that the fans had been heard, and they were in talks to return to give the show a proper ending. Just like that we were left with Ray (Liev Schreiber) out in the woods digging a hole as our final shot in the series, with absolutely no closure to his series long storyline with his father Mickey (Jon Voight.) Fans immediately let Showtime know how unhappy they were at the news, cancelling their subscriptions, starting petitions and taking to social media to voice their displeasure. With Ray Donovan we were seven years in, the show was still incredibly strong, the storytelling was great and the actors were crushing it every episode – and then it was done. If a show hits season four then a movie to put a bow on things should the show be given the axe should just be status quo. Once you hit season three you kind of expect for things to be headed towards some sort of end goal, and that the showrunner has a plan in place as to where the finish line is and begins to steer the show towards it. I say three seasons because after two things can still meet an untimely cancellation end, but even if you love the show, you’re not hugely invested in it. It’s something that as a viewer I find frustrating, as I do get the financial side of things however, I believe that if a show has been on for three or more seasons then the fans who put time into it, and the actors and crew deserve some sort of closure on the series. Other series that came back with a one-off movie to wrap their runs include Firefly (Serenity), Breaking Bad (El Camino), Veronica Mars (which was later revived as a limited series), Sense8 and Transparent.It was quite a shock to fans of Ray Donovan when it was announced that the show had been cancelled after the seventh season finished, as the creative team behind the show had planned for the eighth season to be its final one and was just setting up the endgame. HBO revived Deadwood to bring the David Milch series to a proper end in 2019. ![]() “And so, for them, we are delighted that Liev and David are creating a thrilling new chapter of this iconic series.”Ī wrap-up movie is not unheard of. “When Ray Donovan went off our air after seven great seasons, we heard from so many of its loyal fans that they were not ready to say goodbye to Ray and the wonderfully dysfunctional Donovan clan,” Levine said in a statement Wednesday. The movie farewell brings to an end the fan backlash that ensued following Ray Donovan‘s cancellation last year. Hollander also was open about the cancellation and noted that he was blindsided by the ViacomCBS-owned cabler’s decision to end the series. Schreiber told fans on social media a week after the cancellation that their “voices have been heard,” noting that it was “too soon to say how or when, but with a little luck and your ongoing support, there will be more Ray Donovan.” Showtime’s co-head of entertainment Gary Levine had said the show was nearing its end and was always intended to run “about seven or eight seasons.” ![]() Season seven ended with a cliff-hanger in an installment that was co-written by Hollander and Schreiber. 'Murder in Big Horn' Directors on Why "Colonization Is the True Crime" in Their DocuseriesĪhead of the February 2020 cancellation, Schreiber had been vocal about wanting an eighth season of his fixer drama from Hollander. ![]()
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