Movie

Starfish

★ 6.6(22)20161h 35m

Starfish is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in Canada, and available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store. Availability checked 13 June 2026.

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Good to know

Director: Bill Clark
Release date: 2016-10-28
Runtime: 1h 35m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: Kreo Films

Starfish — trailer

About Starfish

Starfish is a 2016 movie in the Drama genre, directed by Bill Clark, starring Joanne Froggatt, Tom Riley and Phoebe Nicholls. It has a runtime of 1 hour 35 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.6/10 from 22 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Starfish in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Based on the real story of Tom and Nicola Ray from Rutland. Their perfect life is totally ruined in a single moment after Tom had developed sepsis. While her husband was in coma, Nicola gave birth to their second child on the other side of the same hospital. Within a matter of days, sepsis would rob Tom of both his arms and legs, and left his face severely disfigured. As an ordinary man, Tom never put himself at risk — he just woke up two months later in a nightmare, a face-off quadruple amputee... This incredible story of survival shows what can be overcome when love is unconditional.

Cast

Joanne Froggatt

Nicola Ray

Tom Riley

Tom Ray

Phoebe Nicholls

Tom's Mother

Michele Dotrice

Jean

Simon Bamford

Senior Consultant

Oliver Cunliffe

Young Tom

Katie Pattinson

Surgeon's Assistant

Daisy Moore

Sarah

Alexandra Doyle

Nurse

Isla Crowther

Tom's Sister

Ellie Copping

Grace Ray

Christopher Howitt

Male Paramedic

Themes & keywords

husband wife relationshipcomarehabilitationinfectionbiographybased on true storyhealth carecompassioncrippledisfigured facetaking care of someone true love1990samputeesepsis