Monday, March 11, 2024
Ricky Stanicky
Childhood friends, Dean (Zac Efron), JT, & Wes, try to pull a Halloween prank that goes terribly wrong. In a panic, they create a fictitious person Ricky Stanicky to take the blame. Now jump ahead some 20 years later & these good buddies are still using fake “Ricky” as their excuse/alibi/someone-to-blame when they want to avoid obligations to their wives/spouses/significant others so they can do immature activities together. On their latest lie adventure, they meet Rod (John Cena), a shady moocher/inappropriate song parody impersonator. Of course in the raunchy guy comedy, the boys start to get tripped up in the lies & people are getting suspicious. So they decide to hire Rod to be their fictitious “Ricky”. That’s when the fun begins & their lie keeps getting them into deeper trouble & any attempts to fix things always seems to backfire. The plot follows that predictable comedy formula & lessons are learned when the truth finally emerges. William H. Macy plays Dean’s & JT’s boss. Clips played during the credits shows further stories of the boys.
Alien gives it 2½ “Stanicky Bible” stars out of 4.
