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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichIt 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.
- The frisson between the two halves is intriguing for a while, but it leaves the film feeling adrift.
- 63New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoIn this season of self-important filmmaking, it's nice to watch a movie that entertains while refusing to take itself too seriously.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterRicky is a bold, ambitious hybrid that only intermittently reaches the heights toward which it audaciously aims.
- 50VarietyVarietyBecause 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.
- 50Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonOzon's fractured-working-class-family magical realism, liberally adapted from Rose Tremain's short story, "Moth," works best in specific moments.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe deeper Ricky plunges into allegory, the shakier its grasp of the material.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertParables 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.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierImagine a quietly creepy "X-Men" prequel -- in French -- and you have this odd little parable.