Ricki Rendazzo became a famous rock star at a price, by abandoning her husband and daughter. Her ex asks for her help when their daughter Julie goes through a rough patch. Ricki does what she can to make up for years of lost time. ‘Ricki and the Flash’ hit theaters on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015. The film was rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America.
‘Ricki and the Flash’ stars Meryl Streep as Ricki Rendazzo, Kevin Kline as Pete, Mamie Gummer as Julie, Audra McDonald as Maureen, Sebastian Stan as Joshua, Rick Springfield as Greg, Ben Platt as Daniel, Charlotte Rae as Oma, Rick Rosas as Buster, Gabriel Ebert as Max, and Carmen Carrera as Ricki's lead hairstylists.
The film was directed by Jonathan Demme and edited by Wyatt Smith. The producers are Mason Novick and Marc Platt. It was written by Diablo Cody. Cinematography is by Declan Quinn. It was produced by Badwill Entertainment, Clinica Estetico, Lstar Capital, and Marc Platt Productions. It was distributed by TriStar Pictures. The film runs for 1 hour and 42 minutes.
Mamie Gummer walking down runway for The Heart's Truth Red Dress Fashion Show on February 2010.
Movie Reviews:
"Whether the news is good or awful, Ricki’s life as a girlfriend and mother is one long “Why didn’t you tell me?" wrote Wesley Morris from Grantland.
"Meryl Streep’s Ricki, we’re likely meant to think, is a certain kind of American girl herself, one who chased great ambitions at great cost," wrote Spencer Kornhaber from The Atlantic.
"Ricki and the Flash" feels like a noble experiment -- a challenge to our traditional notions of motherhood -- undermined by vaguely sketched characters and a scattershot story," wrote Rafer Guzman from Newsday.
"When one thinks about Streep’s incredible body of work, her singing doesn’t immediately come to mind — but over the last 25 years, has any mainstream actress had more musical parts than Meryl Streep?" wrote Richard Roeper from Chicago Sun-Times.
"If you can’t believe that the exuberantly lowbrow Ricki was married to straight-laced workaholic Peter (Kevin Kline) and that her kids are ultra-liberal and ultragreen, you’re not going to like the movie," wrote David Edelstein from New York Magazine/Vulture.
"Regardless of its flimsy emotional interior, Ricki is a worthy addition in this year’s growing canon of strong female-centred films, and it would be wise to remember Streep’s stunning performance come awards season," wrote Tina Hassannia from Globe and Mail.
"The redemption in the film’s ending rings utterly hollow because we have no idea why or how anyone changed," wrote Patrick Dunn from Detroit News.
