Film Review – Ricki and the Flash

Identifying a fantastic performance from Meryl Streep has become old news, watching the legendary actress tear through varied roles with professional brilliance, routinely refreshing awareness of her screen dominance. Somehow, consistency hasn’t stifled her creativity, coming to every project with a specific identity. For “Ricki and the Flash,” Streep transforms into an aging rocker, perhaps her biggest stretch yet, and she pulls it off with alarming success, more credible as a stage queen than most actual musicians. And yet, Streep’s sublime turn is only a small part of the pleasures offered in “Ricki and the Flash,” which takes a giant step over absentee mama formula to achieve a full sense of humanity and humor. The music doesn’t hurt either. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com