RICKI AND THE FLASH Your mom wants to see this. A lot.
  • RICKI AND THE FLASH Your mom wants to see this. A lot.

There is a certain type of woman who will refer to any dietary splurge as "being bad." E.g., "I think I will have another bite of honey lavender cheesecake! I'm being bad today!"

These women will really like Ricki and the Flash! Ricki is all about being bad today.

Ricki (Meryl Streep) has free-spirited, embarrassing white-lady hair, like Anne Lamott. Years ago, she left her husband and three young children to pursue her dreams of being a rock star. Now she works at Whole Foods and plays in a bar band on the side, with her boyfriend, aging musician Rick Springfield (Rick Springfield). ("How very self-aware of him!" we chuckle approvingly.)

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