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  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary When Katie, an ordinary woman, meets Paco, an ordinary man, they fall in love. After starting a life together, something truly extraordinary is added to the mix: a baby called Ricky. This miraculous creature brings the young family challenges no parent could be prepared for…(IFC Films)

Directed By: François Ozon

Written By: Emmanuèle Bernheim, Rose Tremain, François Ozon

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 29 m

Ricky

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary When Katie, an ordinary woman, meets Paco, an ordinary man, they fall in love. After starting a life together, something truly extraordinary is added to the mix: a baby called Ricky. This miraculous creature brings the young family challenges no parent could be prepared for…(IFC Films)

Directed By: François Ozon

Written By: Emmanuèle Bernheim, Rose Tremain, François Ozon

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
53
33% Positive
3 Reviews
67% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
53
33% Positive
3 Reviews
67% Mixed
6 Reviews
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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.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
67
The frisson between the two halves is intriguing for a while, but it leaves the film feeling adrift.
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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.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
50
The deeper Ricky plunges into allegory, the shakier its grasp of the material.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
50
Ozon's fractured-working-class-family magical realism, liberally adapted from Rose Tremain's short story, "Moth," works best in specific moments.
By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW
50
Ricky is a bold, ambitious hybrid that only intermittently reaches the heights toward which it audaciously aims.
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40
Imagine a quietly creepy "X-Men" prequel -- in French -- and you have this odd little parable.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Eurowide Film Production, FOZ, Teodora Film, BUF, France 2 Cinéma, Coficup 3, Backup Media, Uni Étoile 5, CinéCinéma, Canal+, Le Pacte
Release Date Dec 16, 2009
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/ricky
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Awards

Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Cinemanila International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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