August 9, 201500:21:36

Ricki and the Flash (2015) Meryl Streep - Movie Review

Ricki Rendazzo is the lead singer of the house cover band at a small bar in Tarzana, California. It's not enough to pay the bills these days, so during the day, she can barely stay awake at her day job as a cashier at a pricey natural foods chain (Total Foods, the obvious substitute for Whole Foods), and she still broke enough to have to file for bankruptcy. She's gotten older physically, but inside, she's been the same hard rockin' free spirit she has been since she walked out of her family's life a couple of decades back. Out of the blue, Ricki gets a call from her ex-husband Pete that she should fly out to his home in Indianapolis and see if she can help deal with Julie, her youngest daughter, who has been distraught, lashing out emotionally, and possibly suicidal since her husband unceremoniously dumped her for another woman. While there, pain from the past gets drawn up, as she not only has to deal with the man she cheated on, but also the three children she abandoned to head to LA to pursue her music career.

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