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Film · 2015

Ricki and the Flash

Directed by Jonathan Demme · starring Hailey Gates, Meryl Streep and Rick Springfield

  • 1 h 41 min
  • Comedy · Drama · Music
  • USA
  • Released in the UK 17 September 2015
  • 6.0 AverageMovieNCo
  • 7.0 Users14 votes
  • 5.0 Critics1 review
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Synopsis

Ricki (Meryl Streep) is the frontwoman of a cover band, that abandones her three children and her husband in order of pursuing her dream to become a rock and roll star. But years later she has to come back and face reality when one of her daughter is having a life crisis. Three times Oscar Winner, Meryl Streep, stars in 'Ricki and the Flash', a family drama in which she has worked with the director Jonathan Demme ('The Silence of the Lambs') and the screenwriter Diablo Cody ('Juno'), both Oscar winners.

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The essentials

Runtime
101 min1 hour and 41 minutes
Budget
$18mClinica Estetico
Box office
$25.3m1.4 times its budget
How long is Ricki and the Flash?
1 hour and 41 minutes (101 minutes).
When was Ricki and the Flash released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 17 September 2015.
Who directed Ricki and the Flash?
Jonathan Demme.
Who is in Ricki and the Flash?
It stars Hailey Gates, Meryl Streep, Rick Springfield and Rick Rosas.
Where can I watch Ricki and the Flash?
In the UK it is available to rent on Apple TV.
How much did Ricki and the Flash make?
It took $25.3 million in US. It cost $18 million.
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Cast

Full cast (25)
Director
Jonathan Demme
Writers
Diablo Cody
Producers
Diablo Cody, Marc Platt, Lorene Scafaria, Ben Waisbren

Videos and trailers

All 2 videos
'Ricki And The Flash' Trailer 2:366 May 2015

Photos and posters

All 6 photos

Reviews

All 3 reviews
7.0 14 votes
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What the critics say 5.0, from one outlet

  • 5.0 Rolling StonePeter Travers Jonathan Demme, with music in his DNA, offers a heartfelt salute to those who play the underside of rock & roll because, well, they have to. Too bad the rest of the movie is dime-a-dozen family soap… Read
  • The WrapAlonso Duralde An assemblage of almost-characters in an almost-story, resulting in a very disappointing almost-movie. Read
  • VarietyAndrew Barker This is a shaggy, easily distractible film that consistently defies expectations to both charming and baffling effect. Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget $18m
  • US $25.3m
  • UK £220,032

Soundtrack

All 38 songs
  1. American GirlMeryl Streep Spotify
  2. Bad RomanceMeryl Streep Spotify
  3. Give a Life, Take a LifeSpirit Spotify
  4. Milk 'N' HoneySister Carol East

Trivia

All 7 facts

  • Meryl Streep and Mamie Gummer are also mother and daughter in real life.

  • The guitar that Greg pawns is owned in the real life by the actor and singer who plays that part, Rick Springfield, and he composed his famous hit 'Jessie's Girl' with it.

  • 'Ricki' is the third collaboration in the big screen between Meryl Streep and Mamie Gummer, who are mother and daughter. We've seen them before in 'Heartburn', Gummer's debut, and 'Evening'.

  • Rick Springfield, who plays Greg, is a popular singer and when he was offered the role in the movie he decided to cancel his first tour in Australia, his native country, in twenty years. He also stated that if Jonathan Demme and Meryl Streep asked him to clean their cars he would bring the bucket of water and he would cancel his gig.

  • Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline had worked together in 'Sophie's Choice' and during that shooting she was pregnant with Mamie Gummer, who plays the daughter of both of them in 'Ricki'.

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