Ricki and the Flash (2015)

Meryl Streep: Ricki

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Quotes 

• Ricki : Can't you just call in sick and skip therapy?

  Julie : No, mom, I am sick, that's why I'm in therapy.

• [from trailer] 

  Pete : You brought your guitar.

  Ricki : Yeah, just the one

• Ricki : No, a heart isn't something that's like a steak, you know, that spoils. A heart is like a big mac; it just sits and sits and sits. It gets older, but it doesn't change.

  Ricki : It lives forever. I saw it on 60 Minutes!

• Inquiring Woman : And how did you meet the groom?

  Ricki : Ah, cesarean section.

• Pete : Why did you walk out on my daughter that way?

  Max : I made a mistake. We got married too young.

  Pete : If you're too young to be married, Max, what makes you think that you're ready to raise Kenzie and Krash?

  Nicole : It's Kash and how do you know my kids' names?

  Ricki : Everybody on Highway 70 knows your kids' names.

  Max : Look, lady, you weren't even at our wedding. Julie hates you.

  Ricki : That may be. And I have to live with that every day of my life. But now *you* have to live with the pain you caused.

• Pete : This is -

  [takes cookie dough roll and spoon from Ricki] 

  Pete : No.

  Ricki : I'm eating that. I'm...

  Pete : It's bad for you.

  Ricki : I don't care.

• Ricki : I don't have any money. You have a credit card?

  Julie : Yeah, but it's still linked to Max's account.

  Ricki : Oh, that's not a problem. Hop in.

• Ricki : Our child attempted suicide and you didn't tell me?

  Pete : I didn't - I didn't even find out till the day after, okay? And then I was a little more concerned with Julie than Ricki.

  Ricki : You should've called me and told me.

  Pete : I did. That's why you're here.

  Ricki : I didn't realize that she was suicidal. I thought she was just depressed because of Max leaving.

  Pete : Depressed? No, I could've manage that alone. No, I'm - Julie's always been a moody kid. I wouldn't have even bothered to call you.

  Ricki : Well, why not?

  Pete : Because historically, Linda, you don't really give a damn.

  Ricki : Yes, I do!

• Ricki : I can't believe - I can't believe you tried to kill yourself. Julie, you - You're precious.

  Julie : Listen, a lot of horrible things have happened to me since you left. You know, this is just the incident you know of.

  Ricki : Please, don't.

  Single Dad : Excuse me. Could you guys take this conversation outside?

  Ricki : What, are you listening in? That is so Midwestern.

  Single Dad : [tries to get attention from someone]  Excuse me.

  Ricki : Hey, you can't raise kids in a bubble, man.

  Single Dad : You know, I can't enjoy my time with my kid when it's my weekend.

  Julie : Your weekend? Your weekend? Maybe you should've tried to stick it out with her mother instead of just leaving the second that your boner wilted.

  [Ricki laughs] 

  Single Dad : Let's go, Journey. Come on

  [takes his daughter and leaves] 

  Julie : Journey?

  Ricki : That's sweet. I like that name.

  Julie : Oh, you would.

  Ricki : It's a great band.

• Pete : I thought we were your dream.

  Ricki : I can't have two dreams.

• Ricki : You shut me out of this family.

  Pete : I shut you out?

  Ricki : Yup.

  Pete : You came back here from California, if you recall, with a chip on your shoulder, you were completely shut down.

  Ricki : Well, I did come back.

  Pete : Well...

  Ricki : You had moved on.

  Pete : I had to move on. I wanted the kids to have a mother who is there.

  Ricki : It was my dream, man.

  Pete : Yeah, and that stupid me. I thought we were your dream.

  Ricki : I can't have two dreams?

  Pete : No, in fact, Linda, you can't.

• Julie : My heart is dead and rotten.

  Pete : Don't say that.

  Ricki : No, a heart isn't something like a steak, you know, that spoils. A heart is like a Big Mac. It just sits and sits and sits. It gets older, yeah, but it doesn't change.

  Pete : What? You're saying that a Big Mac never goes bad?

  Ricki : Yeah. That's what I'm saying.

  Pete : Interesting.

  Ricki : It - It lives forever. I saw it on 60 Minutes.

  Julie : That's disgusting.

• Pete : Arugula.

  Ricki : 9-4-8-8-4

  Pete : You just know that right off the top of your - ?

  Ricki : Boom.

  Pete : Is it - ?

  [shuts refrigerator door] 

  Pete : Yes, you're absolutely right.

  Ricki : Of course I'm right. I know all the PLU codes. I ring stuff up all day long. Go ahead, try me. Anything, anything, anything.

  Pete : Bananas.

  Ricki : Organic or regular? Organic is 9-4-2-3-7.

  Pete : Yes. You're like a memorizing genius.

• Pete : Milk?

  Ricki : 9-4-0-1-1.

• Pete : You know, they say, like... all kids are screwed up now. It's the air on the radio waves or the - the peanuts.

  Ricki : Hey, do you remember the pediatrician, the one - What was his name? Fa - Dr. Fa - Farling. Fena - Fenamana. Fenan - Fenan.

  [they laugh] 

  Pete : Yeah. The guy in Wheaton. What about him?

  Ricki : That doctor. Remember, he said Joshy was hyperactive. Turns out he's drinking too much pop.

  Pete : Pop, yeah.

  Ricki : Right?

  Pete : They know nothing.

  Ricki : Yeah, they know nothing.

  Pete : We know nothing.

  [He checks on Julie] 

  Pete : She's gonna be fine. She's gonna be fine.

  Ricki : I don't know.

  Pete : Oh, yeah, she is.