A woman named Linda leaves her family to pursue her dream of being a rock star. And she hasn't achieved the notoriety she hoped for. Her ex-husband calls her to tell her that her daughter suffered a breakdown because her husband left her. She goes back to Indianapolis. But her daughter doesn't exactly welcome her with open arms. But she stays and tries. And her sons also don't welcome her warmly.... (Full plot summary below)
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A woman named Linda leaves her family to pursue her dream of being a rock star. And she hasn't achieved the notoriety she hoped for. Her ex-husband calls her to tell her that her daughter suffered a breakdown because her husband left her. She goes back to Indianapolis. But her daughter doesn't exactly welcome her with open arms. But she stays and tries. And her sons also don't welcome her warmly.
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| Spliced PersonalitySean BurnsOne can easily imagine an unbearably smug version of this picture helmed by Cody's usual partner-in-slime Jason Reitman. So it's a good thing for all of us that Jonathan Demme doesn't work that way. |
| The MacGuffinBrooke CorsoDiablo Cody has written a script in which the characters themselves are well-drawn, but there isn't enough time or space on the page to devote fully to each drama that is presented. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrBecause 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. |
| Deseret News, Salt Lake CityJosh TerryEven if it's a B-side, Ricki and the Flash will be worth seeing for Meryl Streep fans, music fans and, especially, anyone who's ever spent time in a working-class band. Sometimes it's the deep cuts you remember the best. |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallAs an actor, Meryl Streep is incapable of making false moves. That doesn't mean she's incapable of making false movies. |
| Cambridge DayTom MeekThere's an overall lightness to Ricki, and Demme does a great job maintaining it, and also at reining it in. The whole cast hits all the notes, especially Streep. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerStrutting around for most of the film in her leather rocker duds, Streep’s Ricki Rendazzo is almost as much of a concoction as her witch in Into the Woods. She wears her uniform as a taunt and also as a way of defining herself. She’s a woman out of time – a superannuated hippie. |
| NPRScott TobiasA warmth radiates through Ricki and the Flash like a song sung true. A film that adores its characters this much is sure to be adored in kind. |
| AV ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyRicki 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. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfStreep's sublime turn is only a small part of the pleasures offered in "Ricki and the Flash," which takes a giant step over absentee mama formula to achieve a full sense of humanity and humor. |
