Ricki - How family is

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Movie
German title Ricki - How family is
Original title Ricki and the Flash
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2015
length 101 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
JMK 6
Rod
Director Jonathan Demme
script Diablo Cody
production Mason Novick ,
Marc Platt
camera Declan Quinn
cut Wyatt Smith
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Ricki - Wie Familie is (Original title: Ricki and the Flash ) is an American tragic comedy from 2015 . Directed by Jonathan Demme , the screenplay was written by Diablo Cody . The film premiered on August 5, 2015 at the Locarno International Film Festival , and it was released in US cinemas two days later. In Austria the film was released on August 28th and in Germany on September 3rd, 2015.

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Linda Brummel left her husband Pete and their three children a long time ago to pursue her dream of becoming a successful rock singer in California under the stage name Ricki Rendazzo . Although economic success does not materialize and, in addition to the evening performances with her band Ricki and the Flash , she has to work as a cashier in a supermarket during the day, she sticks to her decision to live her life as a rock singer. After learning that her now grown daughter Julie has been abandoned by her husband and is suicidal , she returns to Indianapolis and tries to make up for past mistakes.

background

The owned by Sony production studio located TriStar Pictures acquired in April 2014, the rights to the film. They prevailed against Universal , Fox and the Weinstein Company , among others . The screenplay is by Diablo Cody , with Jonathan Demme as director and Meryl Streep for the lead role. For the film, Cody was inspired by her mother-in-law, who was the frontwoman of a band from New Jersey for many years .

The casting lasted from June to October 2014 before filming began in New York in mid-October . The production budget was $ 25.6 million. Streep's real daughter Mamie Gummer was cast for the role of Streep's film daughter. All musical interludes were played live according to the direction of director Demme, Streep learned to play the guitar for her role.

The film premiered on August 5, 2015 as the opening film of the Locarno International Film Festival . The film opened two days later in the USA and Canada. In some cinemas, the screenings began the evening before, and the proceeds from this amount to just under 200,000 US dollars. On the opening weekend, the film took 6.5 million dollars in almost 1,600 cinemas. Total worldwide revenues are $ 41 million, of which $ 26 million comes from the United States.

In Austria the film was released on August 28th and in Germany on September 3rd, 2015.

reception

The film received mostly positive to mixed reviews. Overall, in addition to the act by Streep, the musical interludes were also praised, while the script was criticized. At Metacritic it received a Metascore of 54/100 based on 36 reviews, at Rotten Tomatoes 62 percent of the 143 reviews were positive. In summary, one writes there that “ Meryl Streep's outstanding work helps the film to overcome its inconsistent tone and its rather predictable premise”.

The film service said that the mixture of music film and family comedy "never slips into caricature" and also "does not strain the mother-daughter drama too much", but the production makes use of "too many needs" and "mostly stumbles." lukewarm and calm ".

In the FAZ, Marcella Melien complained that the film suffered “from the same problem as its protagonist: rock band and family are difficult to reconcile.” The romance between Ricki and Greg is also only “a well-intentioned attempt to oppose the usual young lovers on screen ", Which did not work because of" Meryl Streep's elevator and Rick Springfield's botox-smooth skin ". The family conflicts made use of "the familiar" and left you "completely cold."

In the film magazine epd Film, however, Kai Mihm praised the filmmakers' success in “meeting expectations on the one hand and at the same time surprising them with beautiful details”. The confrontations and the verbal exchanges of blows always went "a little differently than you think". Screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Jonathan Demme would complement each other "perfectly", as Demme's staging would bring "the sharpness" and the sometimes "overly clear political hint" in Cody's dialogues to the right level, while Cody's "mocking swipes at hipsterism and bourgeoisie" prevented the “forgiveness” of the staging from sliding into “contourlessness”.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Ricki - How family is . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2015 (PDF; test number: 153 663 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for Ricki - How family is . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ a b Mike Fleming, Jr; Anita Busch: Meryl Streep as hard rocker? TriStar Closing Deal For 'Ricki And The Flash' . In: Deadline.com . August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b Seth Abramovitch: Meryl Streep Learning Guitar for Diablo Cody Movie . In: HollywoodReporter.com . August 1, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  5. ^ Meryl Streep filming 'Ricki and the Flash' in Rye, NY . In: OnLocationVacations.com . October 15, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ a b Anita Busch: 'Mission: Impossible' Beats 'Fantastic Four'; 'The Gift' Unwraps $ 12M, 'Ricki And The Flash,' 'Shaun The Sheep' Results - Sunday Box Office . In: Deadline.com . August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  7. ↑ Anita Busch: 'Fantastic Four' Grosses $ 2.7M; 'Ricki And The Flash' Takes $ 200K; STX's 'The Gift' Unwraps $ 585K In Late Nights; 'Shaun The Sheep' Est. $ 715K . In: Deadline.com . August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  8. ^ Ricki and the Flash . In: BoxOfficeMojo.com . Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  9. ^ Ricki And The Flash Movie Reviews . In: RottenTomatoes.com . Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  10. ↑ Ricki - How family is like that: Short review . In: Filmdienst.de . Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ Marcella Melien: Film review: "No two dreams of life" in: FAZ Online, September 3, 2015.
  12. ↑ Kai Mihm: Film review Ricki - how family is in: epd Film Online, 9/15.