An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have always been a huge fan of Meryl Streep, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, it could have been an interesting cautionary tale showing that, even if you are passionate and talented (which seemed to be the case with Ricki), there is no guaranty that you will be successful in the music business, in the contrary, the probability is pretty high that you will eventually struggle your whole life. Unfortunately, even though the whole thing had indeed some potential, to be honest, the story turned to be actually really generic and even borderline lame. It’s too bad because the characters were not bad at all, even if they were all rather poorly developed. Indeed, they all kept hammering the fact that Ricki had left them but the reasons why remained rather foggy. Basically, since Ricki was not an alcoholic, a drug or sex addict, the whole conflict between these characters seemed rather bogus as she could have been both, a mother and a rock-star. I mean, being a musician and being eccentric do not make you automatically a bad parent. However, this movie was never interested in getting deeper into these characters and what happened to them and, instead, spent most of the duration trying to convince the viewers unconvincingly that Ricki had been such a bad person. Fortunately, there is no denying that Meryl Streep was again just amazing in this flick though. Indeed, she was just so convincing, as usual, she completely disappeared in her character and, in fact, she even definitely displayed some skills as a musician and as a singer. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch though and I think it is worth a look but only to see Meryl Streep giving in another badass performance.