It 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.
In this season of self-important filmmaking, it's nice to watch a movie that entertains while refusing to take itself too seriously.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Ricky is a bold, ambitious hybrid that only intermittently reaches the heights toward which it audaciously aims.
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Variety
Variety
Because 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.
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Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Ozon's fractured-working-class-family magical realism, liberally adapted from Rose Tremain's short story, "Moth," works best in specific moments.
The deeper Ricky plunges into allegory, the shakier its grasp of the material.
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Parables 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.
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New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Imagine a quietly creepy "X-Men" prequel -- in French -- and you have this odd little parable.