Ricki and the Flash (2015) on Netflix
PG-1320151h 41mComedyDramaMusic
Ricki left her family behind to chase rock stardom, and the fame never came. Her ex-husband Pete asks her to come to Indianapolis and help their daughter Julie through a difficult time.
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- Rotten Tomatoes65%
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Plot summary
Ricki chased her dream of rock stardom and walked away from her family to do it. The fame she wanted never arrived. She plays with a band at a small bar and works as a cashier to get by. Her ex-husband Pete calls to say their daughter Julie is having a difficult time, and he asks Ricki to come to Indianapolis. Ricki goes, though she has little money. Julie is hostile, and her two sons are unwelcoming as well. One son is gay, one is engaged, and neither told their mother.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ricki and the Flash (2015)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Diablo Cody based the script in part on her own mother-in-law, who has fronted a New Jersey bar band for years. Cody said she had watched her on stage so many times that she thought to herself, this woman's life is a movie.
- Cody wrote the part of Ricki specifically with Streep in mind, her point being that actresses over 50 in Hollywood typically do not get offered complicated roles.
- The film is dedicated to "Rick the Bass Player", the stage name of Rick Rosas, who played Buster, the bass player of the band the Flash in the film, and who died in November 2014.
- This was the last narrative film Demme directed before his death in April 2017. It also brought Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline together for a third time, after Sophie's Choice in 1982 and A Prairie Home Companion in 2006.
