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12/28/09
Ricky (2009)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:6
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.1/10
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: From celebrated director Francois Ozon (UNDER THE SAND, 8 WOMEN) comes RICKY, a hilarious genre-hybrid film about family. When Katie, an ordinary woman, meets Paco, an ordinary man, something... [More]
Starring: Alexandra Lamy, Sergi Lopez, Melusine Mayance, Arthur Peyret
Director: Francois Ozon
Reviews for Ricky
1 - 11 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
In Ozon’s distinctively eccentric style, Ricky applies modern skepticism to the prospect of parthenogenesis (based on an American short story by Rose Tremain), then deepens the concept.
12/22/09
Refreshingly unpredictable, imaginative, funny and provocative, but it eventually becomes a bit uneven, awkward and lacks emotional resonance.
12/20/09
Ozon's Ricky contains moments of real grit, but also contains a dose of otherworldly magic that only movies can provide.
12/18/09
Ricky, the first of two Ozon films to debut this year, marks a return to his busy-bee ways, not least because it feels like two disparate movies joined at the hip.
12/17/09
It would be risible if Ozon’s hand didn’t remain so steady and confident throughout, all the way up to a complicatedly upbeat conclusion that recreates the Christian Annunciation with the straightest of faces.
12/16/09
What Ricky lacks is a more thorough, consistent examination of maternal bonds.
12/15/09
Ricky's quicksilver changes of mood and genre make for an engaging puzzle, but its last notes of transcendence seem insufficiently earned.
12/15/09
The first half is wholly successful, the second one is flawed... and the movement from one part to the other is handled with all the grace of a dachshund on wet ice.
10/18/09
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09/11/09
Because Ozon doesn't develop his characters once Ricky shows his true nature, the movie's slightly overcooked working-class realism quickly morphs into a grotesque story of a mutant baby. The film's two halves feel almost mutually exclusive.
06/08/09
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