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- SHOWTIME
- Jul 12, 2015
- SHOWTIME
- Jul 12, 2015
Summary The problems and possible scandals of the rich and famous disappear when they hire private detective Ray Donovan (Liev Schreiber). However, the return of his ex-convict father (Jon Voight) brings unresolved issues Ray may not be able to fix.
Created By: Ann Biderman
- SHOWTIME
- Jul 12, 2015
- SHOWTIME
- Jul 12, 2015
Summary The problems and possible scandals of the rich and famous disappear when they hire private detective Ray Donovan (Liev Schreiber). However, the return of his ex-convict father (Jon Voight) brings unresolved issues Ray may not be able to fix.
Created By: Ann Biderman
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
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13% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
71
75% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
13% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
13% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The brilliance of Showtime’s Ray Donovan expresses itself not only through the impactful intelligence of star Liev Schreiber, but through nuanced moments in its literary-quality storytelling--written and visual.
Holmes is obviously meant as a temptation for Ray, but the mismatch between her and star Liev Schreiber is not worth dwelling on. Ray Donovan remains a potent mix of pathos and dark comedy.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 65 User Ratings
7.3
82% Positive
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
3% Mixed
2 Ratings
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15% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 65 User Ratings
7.3
82% Positive
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
3% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
15% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
YES, the third season of "Ray Donovan" is impressive. the drama moved once again to a very high standard and goes even a little bit deeper through the labile protagonists. What in the past year with a focus on the family Donovan and the crumbling of this community began to skillfully continues. But not only that, but you also play about from the strengths of its lead actor Liev Schreiber, who makes the format in its third round several times with an intriguing character drama. Hollander and his writers simply know how to broadcast intimate and very personal snapshots to design for their characters, most of which meet with an incredible intensity the nail on the head.
I'm looking forward against the coming fourth season and all the new possibilities for the series creators, viewers expect us to die could. The drama series has in my opinion improved after year after year and again upped the ante a little shovel more, while still quite unnoticed flies under the radar of many series fans. But why?
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SEASON 3
Living in LA and watching this show, reawakens you. Katie Holmes is money on a tight shot, she has the power to convey emotion with little to no dialogue, and she does it so well. Did I mention she's hot, well duh she's Katie Holmes. Liv aka Cotton Weary aka Ray Donovan is stone cold, and does a great job carrying each episode, dudes a good character actor. Jon Voight is a G, plain and simple that man is a real actor, don't sleep on him. Paula has made me grow to like her over the seasons. Kerris is cute, holler if you are over 18. I live in Hollywood, what's up (ha ha)? The entire cast is great. Sopranos with a the LA likability of Entourage, great writing, good location scouting. Thanks for making me look forward to my Sunday nights.
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SEASON 3
The pace has slowed, the ride less wild, the story refocused on Ray's "fixer" skills.... McShane and Holmes are welcome additions.
Donovan is managing to walk a fine line between hardboiled entertainment and over-cooked melodrama.... it’s sometimes as good as almost anything else out there.
Ray Donovan has picked up a couple of new guest stars and in the process picked up its game.
As usual, Ray’s ex-con dad Mickey (Jon Voight) steals much of the show.... Because Schreiber’s character is so brooding and emotionally clenched, though, the series heavily relies on its supporting players and guest stars, which is where the opening salvo feels relatively malnourished.
Moments [of rampant product placement] cheapen an already paper-thin premise and unstable narrative trajectory that means to measure masculinity by how tortured a man acts and how miserable he feels each time he beats the shit out of someone.
Ray is off to a great start. It's refreshing to see some new blood...I mean characters. I'm absolutely hooked on this show. A few months ago I was so bored with formulaic network TV I thought I'd start watching RD on demand...watched all of season 2 in 2 months, had a couple of weeks to spare before season 3 started so I caught up with season 1...couldn't continue without knowing the full story of what happened with the priest and Sully.
The acting is superb...Eddie Marsan's Terry Donovan is Emmy worthy. I've loved him ever since He played Pancks in Little Dorrit in '08. And Jon Voight as Mickey excels in depicting the ultimate scumbag **** without giving anything away, he takes care of his **** it his own skin or the people he actually cares about. And that's the beauty of the show's characters is that they're all multidimensional. Theyre all flawed...just like real people. Ray Donovan does not insult my intelligence with virtuous do-gooders or evil nemesises (is that the plural?).
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SEASON 3
Great new material so far. Season 3 starts off showing the eponymous protagonist of the show at a new low point, despite being freed of the precarious situations that occured in Season 2, taking jobs way under his normal niveau and getting wasted at shady bars. Being ridden by guilt for not picking up the phone in the final moments of his father-figure and thus being emotionally devastated surely doesn´t help a lot, too, even though a lucrative and successful job for medial mogul Mr. Finney at least ends the job-concerning misery. But what can be said of the quality of the episode besides the plot?
I don´t see any indicator for saying Ray Donovan has declined in quality, the opposite seems to be the case. It relishes on the old strenghts with powerful and nuanced performances, artistically confident writing & camera-work, episodic yet focused storytelling and dealing with emotional traumata with appropriate **** season-premiere does all that in perfection. The only point of criticism I see can be directed at the usual over-the-top moments in Ray Donovan (I only say gloryhole), but these moments have always been part of the series and help enhance the grim discrepancy between the shiny world of hollywood and its seedy underbelly. Honestly speeking, blatantly negative reviews of the show seem to cohere with an already pre-set mindset of critics who didn´t like the show´s style and storytelling in the first place. This is a legitmate reason to dislike the show, however, throwing around 1-star-reviews condensed on one page without really pointing out what is bad but rather clinging to one criticised point and basing the whole review around it seems like a really shallow argumentation (looking at you, Chris Cabin). What else is there to say? Not much. Ray Donovan just stays what it has always been and improves on its formula to some extent, if you were fond of its episodic neo-noir-style from the beginning, you´ll love it. If you disliked it from the start, you will dislike it again this time around. Simple as that.
Now we can only wait for the reviews published in the meantime to be uploaded to Metacritic, but I´m sure the overall consensus will be positive once again.
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SEASON 3
After waiting with great excitement for Ray Donovan to begin its third season, then after watching the first two episodes, I must say I am greatly disappointed. What happened??? New writers? The energy and suspense is gone. Boring and slow paced. I only pay for Showtime because of this show, and now I am thinking of canceling.
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SEASON 3
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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SEASON 3
