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Ricky
Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Keith Uhlich
    80
    It would be risible if Ozon's hand didn't remain so steady and confident throughout, all the way up to a complicatedly upbeat conclusion that recreates the Christian Annunciation with the straightest of faces.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Sam Adams
    67
    The frisson between the two halves is intriguing for a while, but it leaves the film feeling adrift.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    63
    In this season of self-important filmmaking, it's nice to watch a movie that entertains while refusing to take itself too seriously.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Neil Young
    50
    Ricky is a bold, ambitious hybrid that only intermittently reaches the heights toward which it audaciously aims.
  5. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    Parables are stories about other people that help us live our own lives. The problem with the French film Ricky is that the lesson of the parable is far from clear, and nobody is likely to encounter this situation in his own life.
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Melissa Anderson
    50
    Ozon's fractured-working-class-family magical realism, liberally adapted from Rose Tremain's short story, "Moth," works best in specific moments.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    50
    The deeper Ricky plunges into allegory, the shakier its grasp of the material.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Boyd van Hoeij
    50
    Because Ozon doesn't develop his characters once Ricky shows his true nature, the movie's slightly overcooked working-class realism quickly morphs into a grotesque -- and admittedly funny -- story of a mutant baby.
  9. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    40
    Imagine a quietly creepy "X-Men" prequel -- in French -- and you have this odd little parable.
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