A musician who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom returns home, looking to make things right with her family.
Director: Jonathan Demme
Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3623726/
38 songs in the Soundtracks, 10 Performed by Meryl Streep (as Ricki And The Flash). Per the featurette, they're performed live; MS learned to play rhythm guitar for the film.
Family drama with lots of music covered by MS's dive-bar band onscreen. They're competent, but really only play covers of others. She made 1 album long ago (vinyl), but it never went anywhere.
So she gave up 3 kids, a husband and a comfortable life to pursue the dream that didn't pan out. But she must love the music, because she's still at it, while holding down a day job as a checker at a grocery store.
2 of her 3 kids resent it a lot, the 3rd is more forgiving. And the stepmother is amazing. MG plays her daughter, and is her daughter in real life.
OK story, well played, but lots of pain and failure. Happy-ish ending.
Rated 5.9 (20,654)
TriStar & more, dir. Demme; 6
