Ricky Stanicky (2024)

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★★

Uh… yeah Ricky Stanicky is bad. But I think we all know that. Whats worse is it’s not even really bad in an enjoyable/funny way… it’s just kind of bland. It’s not really funny, and any moments that come close to working were all spoiled in the trailers. It really feels like a movie that just recorded on-camera rehearsals. I don’t knowwww… at least John Cena committed to the bit. Just wasn’t really all that funny and massively overstayed its welcome with a nearly 2 hour runtime. Trash, but could be fun for some!

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Premise: When three childhood best friends pull a prank that goes wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, they still use the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behavior.

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Amazon MGM Studios

Directed by Peter Farrelly

Screenplay by Jeff Bushell, Brian Jarvis, James Lee Friedman, Peter Farrelly, Pete Jones & Mike Cerrone

Cast: Zac Efron, John Cena, William H. Macy, Jermaine Fowler, Andrew Santino, Lex Scott Davis, Anja Savcic, Jeff Ross

Runtime: 1hr 54min

Rating: 14A

Comedy

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IMDb Rating: 6.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 47%

RT Audience Score: 73%

RT Critic Average: 5.3/10

RT Audience Average: 3.8/5

Metacritic Score: 44

Letterboxd: 2.7/5

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Fun Fact: Jim Carrey, James Franco, Joaquin Phoenix and Nicolas Cage were originally considered for the role of Ricky Stanicky.

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