User Reviews

Are you ready for a funny feel good movie? Well this is it a really good and funny movie that delivers a sweet message in a comedic way. John Cena did well and his performance was fulfilling and very funny. The movie reminded me of the good old funny movies we used to watch and love. The characters played in this movie are absolutely gorgeous and the jokes were funny not forced funny but funny.

We need more of such movies and I don't know why but I remembered Horrible Bosses 1 not 2 you know the movie that tells a story in a funny way and you don't feel that you lost time watching it and this is what this do it makes you smile. Go watch it.

When watching the scene at the bar with Wes and Dean, near the end of the movie. I felt like I missed something. Then in the next scene when Erin showed up to confront Dean, I definitely felt a little lost. I could feel that they cut down on Erin's storyline of her confirming her suspicions and handing over the story on Stanicky.

Had there been a scene of the MBSNC confronting Stanicky and then quick cutting to the bar scene. That would have been enough to fill the logic gap of everything that comes at the viewer, following the bar scene. Still would have liked another scene of Erin investigating Stanicky to tie up any continuity stuff. Otherwise near perfect movie.

Well pobody's nerfect, but this definitely makes the cut for being funny and sweet in a demented way. And by that I mean to say, I really enjoyed watching it. On a side note, Efron and Cena really seemed to have come up in the comedy game. Farrelly puts together a perfect cast and the movies antics and story hooks you right away.

Would really like to rewatch this as an extended or directors cut. And were this 2014 maybe the bluray would have one. As it's 2024 and this film is paid for by prime member subscriptions, who can say if this will ever get an extended version, or a blu ray. But good Comedy's are the rarest of movie breeds and this is a good one.

Ricky Stanicky has some very good actors, I Like Zac Efron, and he didn't disappoint. And also had John Cena, who I thought was excellent and really delivered. Probably, his best performance. The film wasn't quite up to par with the quality of the performances, it was quite predictable. However, I still found the film to be pretty funny.

Ricky Stanicky is a fake person, made up by 3 guys, 2 who have wifes, and the other who's gay. This becomes a bit of a theme later on, just like the group of friends who say "To Ricky Stanicky, the Guy who doesn't exist". I love how the 3 cause trouble but they blame it on someone else, heck, they even put a house on fire at the start.

The Relationships of the group is always on and off, because the couples eventually caught them out for lying. And that's one of the themes, there's a message here, it's better to tell the truth then to lie, sort of. As the 2 wife's seem to tell them, and this leads to some odd interactions, especially right near the end just before the Credits roll-up, which is quite funny.

Ricky, played by John Cena is the key ingredient to all the guys troubles. And as an actor, he plays the guy of Ricky. On the Sunday for a celebratory party they are having, to mark the 5th anniversary of Ricky's cancer virus, which had gone. And he is usually hated and a drug addict. Singing in restaurants and bars and getting paid little attention. But, he wants to change. And therefore, changes his name to Ricky.

Ricky helped out lots of people, all around the world, and Ricky wanted to actually prove he did it. So he goes and helps those who are in desperate need of help, and who wants some support. He is very honest and very kind to everybody and completely changes his ways, just like my title page suggests. And we see a few snippets of the people he's helped. And managed to create some kind of happiness.

I would say for me personally the film did drag a little threw the middle, but on the whole the pacing of the film is fairly reasonable, for the most part. And does add some good insights on Ricky before he became very popular and changed his ways. It's a very good contrast that this film had. Also the sets were very beutiful throughout the film, very layered and detailed and that definitely added to the story.

Would I recommend this film?,

Yes, but don't watch it if you don't like Vulgar scenes.

Seems like the producers and writers just browsed what was popular on reddit and social media forums and made a movie trying to include all of the "Popular" topics. I really don't even watch new movies anymore. All have some kind of agenda within it's scripts. The whole premise of the movie would have been entertaining without all the extra modern Hollywood immaturity and B. S included.

I love stupid comedies (Not another teen movie/ American Pie/ Adam Sandler Oldies/ Wayans Bros Oldies) But this movie is just plan childish and unfunny.

I was over it once I seen the characters lie about "Ricky" having cancer to go to Vegas. How is that funny? Simply sick and dark. They should've got hit by a car at the end for that B. S.

I really hate how movies are made with the climax at the middle/end. It's just so stupid and predictable. You literally know what's going to happen. They are going to create a lie and get caught and have to explain and get forgiven... that's the Hollywood climax formula. You've seen one, you've seen them all.

Getting to a place where I want to create my own movies/books/music/scripts. Tired of waiting for someone else to create entertainment for me. I could of did a much better job with this script instead of making a bunch 45 year old men act like middle schoolers.

I would suggest you pass on this movie and start creating your own scripts/movies/books. I'm sure what you create would be 100x better than what Hollywood is producing nowadays.

Greetings again from the darkness. Honesty is the best policy. At least that's the lesson we were taught growing up. What we learn as we get older is that very few adhere consistently to that policy, and in fact, many pride themselves on an ability to mislead. On "Seinfeld", George Costanza stated quite succinctly, "It's not a lie if you believe it." Sadly, far too many are able to believe the web of lies they spread. But then, this film is from writer/director/producer Peter Farrelly, a double Oscar winner for GREEN BOOK (2020), and best known for the zany comedies he co-directed with his brother Bobby, including DUMB AND DUMBER (1994) and THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (1998). If any filmmaker can make lying funny, it should be a Farrelly brother.

The film starts where it should ... by showing us the childhood prank that led to the recurring lie. It's Halloween night and three buddies decide to prank the house that never gives out candy. The prank goes terribly wrong, and the imaginary Ricky Stanicky gets blamed, allowing our three young heroes to escape their first mess and setting the stage for 20 years of alibis. As adults, Dean (Zac Efron, fresh off his superb turn in THE IRON CLAW), JT (Andrew Santino), and Wes (Jermaine Fowler) continue to use their make-believe friend as a reason to take yet another boys' trip away from wives and partners and jobs and responsibilities. To ensure their stories stay straight, the men update "the bible", which is a chronology of the Stanicky lies they crafted over the years.

The latest Stanicky tall tale involves cancer and a trip to Atlantic City for a concert ... a trip that allows JT to skip the baby shower his wife has planned. Circumstances being what they are, the trip is cut short, but before they leave, their paths cross with a hard-raunch celebrity impersonator with the stage name Rock Hard Rod (John Cena). Soon, the boys are calling Rod to play the role of Ricky Stanicky so that friends and family can meet the legend in the flesh. The rest of the movie involves the sometimes hilarious, sometimes not, shenanigans of Rod becoming Ricky Stanicky. As with most lies, things get more complicated and convoluted with each passing moment.

"The best friend we never had" becomes a complex challenge that threatens to ruin all relationships and careers. William H Macy plays Summerhayes, an old school businessman and boss to Dean and JT. Macy plays it straight here, but his 'air guitar' with an unfortunate Farrelly twist makes for a comical segment - as does Summerhayes' evolving thoughts on Stanicky, who by this time, has charmed (and tricked) all whom he's met and even cleverly overstepped at the Bris for JT's baby. Dean's wife Erin (Lex Scott Davis) is a reporter and sees Stanicky as her ticket to a better gig. It's a bit sad that Ms. Davis has the only female role with any substance here.

Sir Walter Scott wisely commented, "Oh, what a tangled web we weave." Director Farrelly, working with a throwback comedy script from too many writers to name here, manages to find the humor in serial dishonesty, while also pointing out that the above-mentioned web is almost certain to nab the perpetrator(s) in the end. Farrelly also manages to check most of the PC boxes, while also showering us with his trademark inappropriateness. However, it's John Cena's energetic performance that shines here and keeps the film clicking along after a somewhat slow start. Cena proves he can carry a comedy.

Available on Prime Video beginning March 7, 2024.

Story: 3 kid are friends and make up a fake name to get out of a problem they had.

When they grow up they are still using it. They get out of a baby shower by pretending this fake person has testicular cancer, and that they need to go see him in the hospital. But they actualy go to party in Atlantic City.

They meet an actor that does raunchy shows.

They find out that the wife that was pregnant got into labor, so they rush back.

She already delivered, and the mother in law thinks the fake person is fake, so the friends hire the actor to pretend to be the fake person at the bris of the baby.

He's kind of a loose cannon, but does a great job. The friends are impressed, but happy he's leaving.

Except the boss of two of the friends hires him because he was so impressed with his personality.

Also, the wife of one of the friends wants to do a big news segment on him.

The friends try to get him fired, so he'll leave, but he does a great job.

In a heated argument, one of the friends tells the actor that he is unwanted, and that he is going to tell the truth.

It seems like everything is going to go bad for the friends, but the actor's life and his relationship with the friends is revealed in such a positive spin that everything turns out great for everyone.

Opinion: there's good and bad in the movie.

The good: jeff ross, the premise, the good hearted actor character.

The bad: most of the humor was targeted for complete morons, the lazy writing, the misuse of andrew santino's comedic talents, the choice of protagonist, the lack of personal accountability for the main characters.