The plot: Twenty years after creating the imaginary Ricky Stanicky, three childhood friends still use the nonexistent pal as a handy alibi for their immature behavior. When their spouses and partners get suspicious and demand to finally meet him, the guilty trio decides to hire washed-up actor Rod to bring him to life. However, when Rod takes his role of a lifetime a little too far, they begin to wish they never invented Ricky in the first place.
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Directed by Peter Farrelly
Produced by Paul Currie; Thorsten Schumacher; John Jacobs; Michael De Luca
Written by Jeff Bushell, Brian Jarvis, James Lee Freeman, Peter Farrelly, Pete Jones & Mike Cerrone.
Story by David Occhino; Jason Decker
Starring: Zac Efron, Jermaine Fowler, Andrew Santino, Lex Scott Davis, Anja Savcic, Jeff Ross, William H. Macy & John Cena.
Cinematography: John Brawley
Music by Dave Palmer
Production companies: Footloose Productions; Rocket Science; VicScreen; Smart Entertainment; Blue Rider Media; Bright White Light
Distributed by: Amazon MGM Studios
The Ricky Stanicky Movie was Okay.
Pros: John Cena proves his incredible comedic talent shine through in this movie. A lot of the moments happened in the movie came of natural to me. The idea of this movie sound original and the finale was like an excellent conclusion ton Rod’s Storyline.
Cons: I didn’t like how the film made fun of cancer & A lot of the comedy were not all that funny.
The Casts:
- Zac Efron as Dean
- Jermaine Fowler as Wes
- Andrew Santino as JT
- Lex Scott Davis as Erin
- Anja Savcic as Susan
- Jeff Ross as Rabbi Greenberg
- William H. Macy as Summerhayes
- John Cena as Ricky Stanicky (Rod)
- Nathan Jones as Big Ben
- Debra Lawrance as Mrs. Levine
- Heather Mitchell as Leona
- Daniel Monks as Keith
- Jane Badler as Miriam Summerhayes
- Apple Farrelly as Carly
- Marta Kaczmarek as Mimi Jacobs
- Ryan Shelton as Phillip
- Jim Knobeloch as Billings
- Zen Gesner as a World River executive
Additionally, Marc Rebillet and Stan Grant portray themselves.
I still recommend watching this film on Prime Video.
Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe