2024 · comedy
Ricky Stanicky
Directed by Peter Farrelly1h 54m2024
When three childhood best friends pull a prank gone wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, the trio still uses the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behavior. But when their spouses and partners get suspicious and demand to finally meet the fabled Mr. Stanicky, the guilty trio decide to hire a washed-up actor and raunchy celebrity impersonator to bring him to life.
Our read: Ricky Stanicky (2024) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive comedy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
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- tender
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