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Ricky

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Newly released after being locked up in his teens, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the challenging realities of life post-incarceration, and the complexity of gaining independence for the first time as an adult.

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Dwight Brown DwightBrownInk.com Feb 26
2.5/4
Inobtrusive directing. Like you’re hanging out with the good and bad angels on Ricky’s shoulder. Go to Full Review Jacob Oller AV Club Jan 31
C
A blunt film that’s best when investing in the day-to-day textures and pain points experienced by someone in Ricky’s shoes. Go to Full Review Matthew Creith IndieWire Jan 27
This all-too-familiar premise might lend itself to melodrama, but “Ricky” emerges as a marvelously understated examination of one man’s struggle to achieve stability. Go to Full Review Marissa Hill Shade Studios Jul 30
This is a film that keeps you on the edge of your seat, emotionally invested, and rooting for Ricky to get the second chance he deserves. Go to Full Review Latoya Austin Movie Marker Jul 9
4/5
Ricky is a powerfully moving, affecting piece which emphasises that social rituals and rites of passage are a necessary part of developing as an adult. Ricky is an impressive debut for director Rashad Frett which has converted well in to a feature .. Go to Full Review Joanne Laurier World Socialist Web Site May 10
2/4
The ambitions are worthy ones, as far as they go, but the results are somewhat dull. Everything is rounded off to grey, to drabness, in the interests presumably of “realism.” Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Rashad Frett

Director

Stephan James

Ricardo Smith

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Joanne

Titus Welliver

Leslie Torino

Imani Lewis

Jaz

Andrene Ward-Hammond

Cheryl

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Movie Info

Synopsis Newly released after being locked up in his teens, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the challenging realities of life post-incarceration, and the complexity of gaining independence for the first time as an adult.
Director
Rashad Frett
Producer
Pierre M. Coleman, Simon Taufique, Rashad Frett, Sterling Brim, D.C. Wade, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Josh Peters, Mark Steele
Screenwriter
Lin Que Ayoung, Rashad Frett
Production Co
Silver Brim Media, The deNovo Initiative, Parliament of Owls, Spark Features, Bay Mills Studios, Good Gravy Films, Ossetra Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 49m