"Ricky Stanicky" - Movie Review by Sai Varshini of B.Sc BTCFS Final Year

Picture Credit : Special Arrangement 

Ricky Stanicky, what started as a fun, relaxing, and celebrative evening after my last exam turned out to be a real bombshell! It's the story of Ricky Stanicky, a movie now streaming on Amazon Prime Video (Sorry about the spoiler alert for anyone who hasn't watched). A man who was once a nobody managed to find himself, and all it took was one day. Just one day, and he didn't miss the chance. It's a story where lies come to life and lives turn into a lie.

So, Ricky Stanicky is an imaginary friend that three friends made up as a pushover, a lie that grew too big and for good. 

It was a real journey watching the friends toast to "Ricky Stanicky, the best friend we ever had" from "Ricky Stanicky, the friend we never had."

He was down in the ditches, simply broke, lost, singing sexualised versions of pop hits, running away from people he didn't know how he wronged, and suddenly he was a nationwide hero, leading mergers, dancing the night away with the woman he loved. He had the best social circle, the highest pay and the perfect life! All because he took the chance. He rediscovered himself and respected himself in probably his mid-30s. Ricky Stanicky taught us that it's never too late. It's never too late to come clean and start afresh. And we're all barely 20, what are we waiting for!

All the movies and fairytales show us happy endings, but this one taught me happy beginnings. Something new for a change. And in life not everything happens slow, steady and planned, some things flip around real fast, be it good or bad. This all wouldn't have come off happy if it weren't for Erin, who looked at everything with a different perspective. Maybe it was just a fun comedy and drama-filled movie to some, but this is what I saw. Many of us have had a gazillion of these epiphanies, but we just chose not to act upon it, but Ricky didn't! 

GUESS IT'S NEVER TOO LATE!