Ricki and the Flash - Metacritic
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  • 2015
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Releasing
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2015
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Releasing
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary Ricki Rendazzo (Meryl Streep) is a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the music with her family, including her daughter (Mamie Gummer), her ex-husband (Kevin Kline) and his new wife ...

Directed By: Jonathan Demme

Written By: Diablo Cody

  • 2015
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Releasing
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2015
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Releasing
  • 1 h 41 m

Ricki and the Flash

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 36 Critic Reviews
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Summary Ricki Rendazzo (Meryl Streep) is a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the music with her family, including her daughter (Mamie Gummer), her ex-husband (Kevin Kline) and his new wife ...

Directed By: Jonathan Demme

Written By: Diablo Cody

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 36 Critic Reviews
54
39% Positive
14 Reviews
58% Mixed
21 Reviews
3% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 36 Critic Reviews
54
39% Positive
14 Reviews
58% Mixed
21 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review

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88
Aug 6, 2015
Because Demme genuinely likes people and is interested in them, Ricki and the Flash feels like “Stella Dallas” as remade by Jean Renoir — it’s a humanist suburban fable.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 5, 2015
Ricki And The Flash is a movie of things that may have been done better earlier — sometimes by Demme himself — but which are done all too rarely nowadays, which makes it feel both retro and refreshing.
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky FULL REVIEW
63
Aug 6, 2015
Director Jonathan Demme grasps the well of feeling of Diablo Cody's script and eventually harnesses it in his own image.
By Christopher Gray FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 3, 2015
Even with its well-observed moments, the movie’s nonmusical interactions, whether reaching for laughs or poignancy, too often feel flat and forced.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 6, 2015
As an actor, Meryl Streep is incapable of making false moves. That doesn't mean she's incapable of making false movies.
By Steve Persall FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 4, 2015
Ricki And the Flash is about mistakes, regrets, and of course, redemption, but all of it feels a little too neat, familiar and convenient even if no one’s quite belting out “Kumbaya” by the end.
By Rodrigo Perez FULL REVIEW
30
Aug 3, 2015
It’s fine to forfeit elements like stakes or suspense for a character piece, but when the characters are this vague, there’s nothing on which to hang your hat (or headband, for that matter).
By Alonso Duralde FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Clinica Estetico, LStar Capital, TriStar Pictures
Release Date Aug 7, 2015
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Get Ready to Rock. Get Ready to Love. Get Ready for Ricki.
Website https://www.facebook.com/RickiAndTheFlash
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Awards

Satellite Awards
• 1 Nomination
Casting Society of America, USA
• 1 Nomination
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Nomination

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