Plot
A musician who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom returns home, looking to make things right with her family.
Release Year: 2015
Rating: 5.7/10 (44 voted)
Critic's Score: 57/100
Director: Jonathan Demme
Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer
Storyline
Three-time Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep goes electric and takes on a whole new gig - a hard-rocking singer/guitarist - for Oscar®-winning director Jonathan Demme and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody in the uplifting comedy Ricki and the Flash. In a film loaded with music and live performance, Streep stars as Ricki, a guitar heroine who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom, but is now returning home to make things right with her family. Streep stars opposite her real-life daughter Mamie Gummer, who plays her fictional daughter; Rick Springfield, who takes on the role of a Flash member in love with Ricki; and Kevin Kline, who portrays Ricki's long-suffering ex-husband.
Cast: Meryl Streep -
Ricki
Rick Springfield -
Greg
Rick Rosas -
Buster
Joe Vitale -
Joe
Bernie Worrell -
Billy
Ben Platt -
Daniel
Keala Settle -
Sharon
Joe Toutebon -
Whitey
Big Jim Wheeler -
Elvis Guy
Brooklyn Demme -
Salt Well Drinker
Eamon O'Rourke -
Salt Well Dancer
Aaron Clifton Moten -
Troy
Adam Shulman -
Total Foods Customer
Kevin Kline -
Pete
Chinasa Ogbuagu -
TSA Employee #1
Taglines:
Get Ready for Ricki
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 7 August 2015
Filming Locations: 600 Tuckahoe Rd, Yonkers, New York, USA
Technical Specs
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Did You Know?
Trivia:
Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline previously starred in Sophie's Choice (1982) in which Streep won her second Oscar while pregnant with daughter Mamie Gummer who plays Streep and Kline's daughter in this film. See more »
User Review
Author:
Rating: 8/10
Meryl Streep continues to amaze with the range of her talent. Rick
Springfield is a revelation. They bring the requisite world-weariness
of choices made in the past that weigh down their souls. But their love
of rock n roll gives them and everyone who hears them play, joy. This
is a complicated emotional journey - being there for your child when
you've been absent for most of their lives. Making amends and eating
humble pie is never easy. Mamie Gummer brilliantly plays the daughter
in crisis. Wonderful contrasts in the lifestyles - turning the idea of
the vast success of rock musicians and ordinary people on its head.
Somehow, there is no spark. The film is a bit flat and predictable and
never really catches fire.
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