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Starfish

Name: Starfish
Director: Bill Clark (2)
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 2016
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Cast: Joanne Froggatt, Tom Riley, Ellie Copping, Michele Dotrice, Phoebe Nicholls

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Documentary
Drama

2016
Bill Clark (2)
90 mins
15

Summary

Tough true-life drama starring Tom Riley as a husband and father struck down with sepsis shortly before the birth of his second child. Co-starring Joanne Froggatt.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Trevor Johnston

This true-life medical saga chronicles the struggle faced by Rutland couple Tom and Nicola Ray when he was suddenly struck down by sepsis, an often fatal response to infection that sends the body's immune system haywire. After quadruple amputation and the removal of part of his face, Tom survived to confront a future he never anticipated. Thanks to convincing prosthetics (and Ray himself as a body double) actor Tom Riley gives a harrowingly convincing portrayal of a man battling understandable bitterness and self-pity. Riley is complemented by a heart-rending Joanne Froggatt as the wife and mother buckling under the strain of keeping their young family together. Evidently assembled on modest resources, writer/director Bill Clark's film treats bracing subject matter with honesty and often startling intimacy but never loses sight of the courage shown by this particular family and the many others in the country affected by a truly horrifying condition. The heroic cast certainly play their parts by raising awareness through an undeniably affecting drama.

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6.6/10

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rolenameNicola RayJoanne FroggattTom RayTom RileyGrace RayEllie CoppingJeanMichele DotriceTom's motherPhoebe NichollsYoung Tom RayOliver CunliffeTom's brotherJoseph McErlearnTom's sisterIsla CrowtherTom's fatherGreg Haiste