Ricki and the Flash

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Melissa M @Lisey 03/05/2025 Meryl Streep is one of the best actresses of all time. She can do comedy, action, etc. she also apparently is a very good singer. She is also a awesome guitar player. Meryl Streep did all her own singing in this film. And she learned to play electric guitar for the film. Every character she plays she does it 110%. In the movie she plays a rockstar with a very Rocky past. But she's got a heart of gold. Her family is far from perfect. I think this movie is extremely underrated. This movie proves that Rick Springfield is not only amazing singer. He is also a talented actor. There's never a dull moment in this movie. This movie rocks. See more Blu B @RT43513976 01/27/2025 The music is good and the one saving grace for this. Streep can sing pretty well as a rocker and Rick Springfield is good too. The second half is loaded with musical numbers and it helps turn things around from a very clunky and not good first half. Even though the pacing is alright because of the second half musical numbers the editing overall isn't good and one of the biggest problems. Structurally it's weird in the first half it feels like what takes most film to get out of the way and set up this film drags out way longer. The point where Ricki and the other Mom have their fight, this should've been done in the first 20 minutes or so. It just feels so dragged out and once she gets to her ex husbands house stuff just happens. It really runs out of momentum after a solid opening number. It all just doesn't feel that well connected. It still has that problem in the second half with the musical numbers but at least there cool to listen too and more visually appealing. The acting and cinematography is just alright too. Another weird problem is how basic and uninspired the direction feels. I can't believe this is Demme late in his career. It feels like there is no style or distinction at all from him with this and not in a way where they don't let the direction get int the way of good storytelling. It NEEDS better direction. I don't know if that's because he didn't know how to do musical numbers but the nonmusic scenes feel so lifeless even though they are well lit and framed alright. It's weird to explain honestly. It needed better direction overall. And no one really has that much chemistry honestly save for Streep and Springfield who aren''t bad. But their romance subplot feels like it goes nowhere by the end. Hoenstly skip this I'd say. Everyone involved has done better work including Streep with better musicals. See more Kyle M @RT77296778 08/11/2024 Perfectly paired written direction between Jonathan Demme’s humane dysfunction and Diablo Cody’s psychoanalysis of one’s prioritized growth in need of wholesome heal, albeit restrained from pushing the confrontational envelope under repetitive risk with defensive character study. Meryl Streep, whose character stands out problematically, takes it all in with her caliber ever graceful uniquely spun and averagely downplayed, whilst a demonstrative key to dysfunctional heal by sensitively potential relatability. (B) See more Simon T @Bucksplit 05/12/2024 It's well acted but only the early awkward scenes with the estranged family failing to connect have enough comic mileage. Kevin Kline is wasted as Meryl Streep's ex-husband, and Jonathan Demme fails to pull it all together. He loses sight of the core plot, sacrificing way too much screen time to Streep's endless wannabe rock chick doodlings. What starts astringent ends as mush. See more Alec B @Alec97 12/14/2023 This is the type of role I'd like to see Streep do more (weird, unglamorous, and funny), I just wish the performance was in a better movie. See more Diana D 07/16/2023 Liked watched because of Rick Springfield love him. The music is great Meryl Streep can really rock it. The first hour and a half was good. A mother being there for her daughter to help her get back on feet and facing her other children what I disliked was what happened did they become a happy family after they played in a band. I had to fast forward the music it was a bit much. Rick Springfield goergeous as ever !!! See more Read all reviews

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