'Ricky Stanicky' movie review: Mildly funny comedy

Updated On: 09 March, 2024 01:57 PM IST | Mumbai | Johnson Thomas

`Ricky Stanicky` movie review: This film may not be as witty or as satirical as they come but it sure has its defining comedic moments.

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Film: Ricky Stanicky
Director: Peter Farrelly
Cast: Zac Efron, John Cena, Jermaine Fowler, Andrew Santino, William H. Macy, Lex Scott Davis, Anja Savcic
Rating: 2.5/5
Runtime: 113 min

The premise weighs in on three kids creating a fake friend to take the fall for their pranks-gone-wrong. Unfortunately for the audience the immature behavior and the responsibility for them continue to accrue to the fake friend, even in adulthood…until their respective wives decide they want to meet this ‘Ricky Stanicky.’

Twenty years after creating this ‘fake friend,’ Dean (Zac Efron), JT (Andrew Santino), and Wes (Jermaine Fowler) still use the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behavior. Now that their spouses and partners have gotten suspicious, they have to produce him out of thin air. The trio decide to hire washed-up actor and raunchy celebrity impersonator “Rock Hard” Rod (John Cena). But thick skinned Rod takes on the challenge with gusto and makes them wish they’d never invented Ricky.

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