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It's not the kids' job to love you, it's your job to love them
28 September 2020
Welcome back to another edition of Adam's Reviews!! **queue in intro music**

Today's movie review is the comedy drama Ricki and the Flash (2015), where the queen herself Meryl Streep plays Linda who leaves her family many years ago to pursue her dream of being a rock star and now goes by the name Ricki. The movie opens to her performance at a local bar and we can see how Ricki hasn't achieved the success she hoped for, however Ricki and her band the Flash do an awesome job in rocking our Tom Petty's American Girl. In reality Ricki is a cashier at a grocery store and soon gets a call from her ex-husband played by Kevin Kline that their daughter is going through a a divorce and is in depression. The story starts here where a mother who left her family is now trying to make amends with her daughter and her other two sons.

The story is a recycled yet has its moments and there is great acting from everyone but the dialogue was a letdown. Another let down was how the tension between Streep's character and her children had no substance and the wasnt executed well. There were many opportunities to dive abit more into some of these characters which felt wasted including Ricki's political stance - shes a musician yet shes a conservative? Why bring it up if not explaining it more in detail to further each character? However, the line that hit home late in the movie 'It's not the kids' job to love you, it's your job to love them' was deep and so true. The big moments of this film is not the fact Streep is playing along-side Kline again or that she is playing along-side her real life daughter - it's the music. If you are into 80s rock pop culture then have a crack at this movie. Streep has amazing vocals and if she is playing that guitar all herself then wow, this woman is truly gifted. Great music which plays a major role in this flick with covers from Lady Gaga's Bad Romance to Drift Away. Overall 6.2/10
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