Solid comedy flick. Script is weak and it won't win awards but it's a really fun weekend watch. John Cena excels at comedy.
Not a great film but if you want a film that you can half watch while chatting with friends and getting drunk, this would be the kind of film that might offer enough amusement while not being very deep.
John Cena seems to be making a concerted effort to become a comedic actor and while he’s kind of funny he doesn't have the physical appearance of a comedic actor so there is something odd about him. He clearly tries to use his appearance and history within his comedic performances, such as playing weak in situations where you would expect him to be the “alpha” male. He’s kind of good and is clearly willing to do pretty much anything for a laugh (as this film puts to the testnseveral times) but there tends to be something about his performance that makes him look like he’s trying a little too hard. Maybe he just needs a better script and director.
Does anybody know if he has any top shelf comedies and why it’s so good?
Apart from Cena, William H Macy is quite good. In moments where he could easily overplay the action he manages to make it all seem so genuine and real. Macy being the typical type of deadpan comic actor who looks a bit funny to start with.
As an Australian I could help but notice that this film was obviously shot here. With so many local comedians, soap opera actors and a prominent journalist making appearances + Nathan Jones who has appeared in many big films.
The journalist is Stan Grant who is very poorly lit in many shots. Stan is an indigenous Australian and he has a unique complexion that comes out looking very patchy in many scenes. It seems like the lighting team have set ideas on how to light certain shades of skin and can't recognise when it just ain't working. He looks good in some shots and bloody awful in others.
The Australian connection is also shown in an inexplicable moment when a character enters a room with his hat pinned up on one side (like Crocodile Dundee I guess) and digeridoo music is playing. This is not explained in any way makes no sense even as a joke.
Famous Soap opera actress Debra Larence plays one of the friends mother. She played Pippa on Home and Away for decades. That show has birthed a few big name Hollywood celebrities but seeing her in a different role is unusual but she played it well.
The tech guy is played by comedian Ryan Shelton who was probably quite happy to score such a big (for him) role.
There were a few other Austrailans some I only knew were Aussies by their accents.
If they made a buddy film with Cena and Macy, that could be interesting. They offer the most interest here and the moments when they interact were some of the most enjoyable parts of the film.
overall mediocre but it had its moments, most of them involving john cena tbf but also wes telling dean "if you just tell erin the truth, she won't hurt you" after the anecdote about his broken arm on halloween.
A world-class air dicker. :fist:
After John Cena's groveling video in Mandarin to China. I will never see anything that includes him in it, period. As far as I'm concerned he represents the true nature of Hollywood, chasing a buck from slave owning cyber/economic terrorists and thugs.
Ricky Stanicky (2024)
John Cena - 5 stars
Everything else about this movie - 0.5 Stars
The best performance of John Cena, ever! I will be air dicking all week
Really enjoyed this movie. It's funny and silly, but not stupid. Plenty of laughs.
Plenty of woke too.
They even found a bunch of disabled people to throw into the mix.. haven't seen that before.
10/10
is this a bad time to say i only watched this because a tiktok account posted one of the clips of it (the scene where he comes to the airport in active withdrawl)? i didn't really like it, by the way--the ending was exceptionally shitty and i didnt really understand what was happening in a lot of scenes. and JT is just an asshole? like he is not likeable at ALL.
I'd say this was quite a unique comedy movie, I would say that the best scenes are definitely the ones with John Cena but the main trio had some good moments aswell. I guess if you have Gen-Z humour like me it's worth a watch I don't know if boomers will like this one. Gonna give it a 7.2/10
So stiflingly quiet and full of dead air, Ricky Stanicky has probably two good jokes and not much of anything else. It's honestly baffling that Farrelly can go from Green Book to this in such a short amount of time. Awful, inebriation is probably an essential to make this tolerable.
I like senseless comedies as much as the next person but this was just... weird. like it wasn't bad enough that I wanted to turn it off but it was never AHAH funny.
at some stage we are shown an attempt of a teachable moment ending but... it didn't make sense. a lot of the plotlines that were randomly started up during the film ended up being just a closing segment snippet or not even being brought back at all... it was all a very... eh experience.
Stupid, crude, and silly. Just what I wanted!
Mediocre movie which could have been more. Forced relations which are missing the chemistry and the humor was a bit forced aswell. The only good thing was John in this movie, but that was not entertaining enough.
Genital mutilation is bad bad.
I didn’t expect it’d be actually good
This movie I found pretty funny. John Cena is hilarious singing his masterbation songs… the story line is a good one which I haven’t seen done in another movie… it comes down to this, do journey want to relax and laugh? If yes watch this movie. It’s funny, smart and John Cena… says it all
People like this? I find that amazing. I know I like some pretty bad movies but this was awful.
It looks like I’m cupping the balls lol
The film definitely works best in its more dramatic moments, and that is especially true in the last act. That is all well and good.... except when a movie is supposed to be a comedy. It didn't help that the friends interaction was rather dull - I don't know if there was an issue with casting or if it really was just mediocre writing. I didn't expect much from this movie, and that's about what I got.
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What do you call a comedy that isn't funny? A waste of time!
We ate a Chinese and sat on the sofa with this on, as a film to just chill out with and have a couple of laughs, it was actually decent.
Rated a Connor 5, normal 7
Gah! It was awful. For the record, I love silly comedies, but this wasn’t one (a comedy, imho). The characters come across as either dull or mean. Lame at best and insufferable at worst.
This movie is gold. Absolute gold.
I’m infamously known as the champion of comedy, so you all know I’m going to sit my white ass down and watch a movie called Ricky Stanicky. This seems to be a classic throwback to late 90s / early 00s gross out comedies. I can’t tell if those movies can’t be made anymore or if they were always not funny. This has its moments and the cast, especially John Cena, is really going for it but ultimately can’t Stanicky the landing.
I laughed like never , i definitely recommend!!!!!
“Not how you thought it would go, huh wanker?” :joy::joy:
After the Oscars is probably the perfect time to watch a few direct-to-streaming films with little ambition. "Ricky Stanicky" falls right into this category and even has one thing in common with the Oscars: John Cena provides the biggest laughs. Apart from a few moments with him, however, this comedy is simply not funny. The main trio of Zac Efron, Jermaine Fowler, and Andrew Santino in particular convey surprisingly little energy. The story plays out exactly as expected, so apart from the title character, there's no good reason to watch this movie at all. Director Peter Farrelly's solo career is definitely going downhill after his Oscar-winning film "Green Book" and the forgettable "The Greatest Beer Run Ever."
Sets up in the first 5 minutes, then skip to the end because it's so predictable all the way. Watch the last 4.3 minutes and you'll fill like you achieved the whole premise of the movie.
Comedy is subjective and this was something different. Great storyline and good acting. John Cena is the man! MUST WATCH? Yes.
I'm down for dumb comedies, but when all you have is dumb, there's nothing fun or interesting about that. This was a huge swing and a miss on the part of the scriptwriters. There was nothing funny about any of this, and I don't know who Andrew Santino is, but his delivery comes across as mean-spirited rather than playful or funny. I don't know what William H. Macy was doing slumming in this.
Yes that was Pippa from Home and Away.... Good comedy for this day & age
Cena is the star here, and some of the jokes land well, but when they started getting into after school special emotions they lost me. 5.3
John Cena was by far the funniest/best part of this. Zac Efron was fine but it's Andrew Santino and Jermaine Fowler who just didn't do it for me when it comes to the chemistry as best friends with Zac. It has its funny, memorable moments for sure and the runtime could've been shorter.
Not even John Cena could save this terrible bag of flaming dog poo.
Deplorable characters with absolutely no redeeming qualities (except Wes). Barely any comedic parts. Just a terrible movie from start to finish.
I love stupid, absurd comedies. But this was complete and utter rubbish.
Ricky Stanicky, from start to finish, it keeps you chuckling and engaged. The film’s humor quotient is off the charts! Every scene, every punchline hits the bullseye. It’s a rare gem that consistently delivers belly laughs. The film embraces its absurdity and runs with it. It’s a hilarious 10 out of 10! :clapper:
John Cena is great as always, the rest is kind of just ok. Was expecting more tbh. Not as funny as I hoped it would be.
I really enjoyed this. This is all John Cena and he excels in this role.
This movie was way better than I thought. Pretty funny.
The drugged rabbi was the best part
I really didn’t expect this to be this funny. It was hilarious.
Sometimes absurd and stupid comedies are all you need
John Cena blows me every time I see him. (you'll get it when you watch it) Seriously though, iv always said and continue to say John Cena is the best thing to come out of wrestling, better than dwayne and dave and jason. Zac Efron too, recently he's been hitting roles that really make him glow. The comedy was brilliant, and the story was just as good. A true never-ending web of lies. It did feel slightly plasticy at times, but the soundtrack and jokes just make you want to love it. Ricky Stanicky is all our best friends. He's always there for us when we need to tell a fib. Ah, so refreshing.
Review by wolfkinBlockedParent2024-04-23T03:39:01Z
What a strange film. It's like a mix of The Ringer and Tag with hints of This is 40 and I Love You Man.
For a Farrelly movie it's remarkably tolerable. None of the gross out humor they're known for. That was always the pill you had to swallow with the desert of their laugh out loud comedies. The good ones let you get past it. The bad ones were too gross to fully enjoy. But this is perfectly fine with that respect. There is a character with hair that's far far too long that is gross but not even close to the point where it's distractedly so. There's also a scene in the start where kids step on dog feces and it splatters on their face. For the life of me I'll never understand this prank that I can't call anything but the whitest thing ever. Why on earth would someone's first instinct to seeing a small fire be to stomp on it? That doesn't make any sense and yet I've been watching people do this on TV since I was a child watching 60s sitcoms on Nickelodeon.
Cena's Rock Hard Rod is effective. He's hilarious when he needs to be. His X-Rated songs are all full laugh worthy. He fills out a bloody suit well in Act III. He manages to be that third wheel character without being full on annoying like Bill Murray's Bob in What About Bob? (1991). He's earnest without being cringe. He's a third wheel character you want to root for even if looking at John Cena and seeing a dude who is a loser just doesn't compute.
There's some balls the movie doesn't bother catching. They really flesh out Efron's Dean as a victim of abuse but aside from being a very plausible explanation for his motivations and actions it doesn't really get explored. He never deals with it. He never admits it. It's just a setup with no payoff. Ricky stays on in the movie because of his fear from people he owes money to and (minor spoiler) they never show up. His money issues never become anything. The movie did pay off the inevitable reveal in a way I didn't expect. I assumed that the story would be about how Ricky made the trio better people but while that appears to be the first and easiest idea that movie is better for doing something different. All of this makes the movie fun but it does mean there are parts of the movie that don't resolve.
The movie is also unexpectedly diverse. Honestly if I had remembered this was a Farrelly movie I would have expected a punchline more but they don't come. They don't really do anything. These characters with various "atypicalisms" are just there living their life as part of the movie. Some are important, some aren't. Some speak, some don't. They're just part of the fabric of the narrative. Which is pretty cool and inclusive representation. All in a movie that I have basically no issues recommending which is great.