Ricki and the Flash
Guitar heroine Ricki, who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom, is now returning home to make things right with her family.
6 February 1976, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
7 February 1961, New York City, New York, USA
23 August 1949, Guildford, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
22 August 1973, Medford, New Jersey, USA
24 September 1993, Los Angeles County, California, USA
January 12, 1988 in Carmel, New York, USA
2 April 1981, New York City, New York, USA
24 October 1947, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
May 27, 2016
Its twinkly ads take pains to exclude its more compelling thematic elements. But they're there, and worth seeking out through the fog of the other stuff.
August 07, 2015
Streep's latest mom role, as Ricki Rendazzo in Ricki and the Flash, has a light, Mamma Mia! vibe, but it still hits all those hot buttons.
August 07, 2015
[Its marketing] undersells the sometimes astringent emotional journey of the movie, not to mention its abiding empathy.
May 06, 2016
Bedecked in black leather jacket, ratty braids and bad tattoos, Meryl Streep is a blast.
January 12, 2017
Ricki & The Flash may entertain people looking for nothing deep, something to pop on the TV in the background, but in terms of serious cinema viewing, the film is a letdown.
August 09, 2015
The movie is mature in the way it handles the regrets of absentee parents and the ways in which their children relate to them. There's a little Hollywood artifice here but not so much that the emotions feel inauthentic.
August 07, 2015
Despite Streep's best efforts, Ricki seems more of a contrivance than a flesh-and-blood character.
June 12, 2016
Streep makes us care about Ricki even when she's being a stubborn jerk. It's another astonishing performance by her, in a film just good enough to deserve it.
March 01, 2016
The biggest find in the film is Streep's daughter, Gunner, who proves that she is a strong and emotional thespian just like her mother. Watching her emotional rollercoaster is what truly engages us in this film.
August 07, 2015
Just when the story beats start to feel unbearably obvious, the film changes keys, becoming less family dramedy than a concert film.
May 04, 2016
Somehow, between its story and character contrivances and its deathless songs, Ricki and the Flash feels like a rehearsal.
August 07, 2015
The film, which Diablo Cody wrote and Jonathan Demme directed, is a work of bulk-size bogusness. Barely a single scene is convincing.
