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| Directed by | Rashad Frett |
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| Cinematography | Sam Motamedi |
| Edited by | Daysha Broadway |
| Music by | Simon Taufique |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Ricky is a 2025 American drama film, directed and produced by Rashad Frett, in his directorial debut, from a screenplay by Frett and Lin Que Ayoung. It is an expansion of the 2023 short film of the same name by Frett. [1] It stars Stephan James, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Titus Welliver, Maliq Johnson, Imani Lewis, Simbi Kali and Andrene Ward-Hammond.
It had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2025.
After being imprisoned in his teenage years, Ricky, now an adult, navigates the challenges of life post-incarceration.
In January 2023, it was announced Rashad Frett would direct a feature-length version of his short film of the same name. [2] The screenplay was selected for the 2023 Sundance Institute Screenwriting Lab. [3]
The film had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2025. [4] [5]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 88% of 24 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.4/10. Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".