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Newly released after being locked up in his teens, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the challenging realities of life post-incarceration, and the complexity of gaining independence for the first time as an adult. (NR, 109 min)
(TBD)
Winner of the Directing Award: US Dramatic
Sundance Film Festival 2025
Newly released after being locked up in his teens, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the challenging realities of life post-incarceration, and the complexity of gaining independence for the first time as an adult.
In this warm and beautifully textured feature, director Rashad Frett journeys the interior emotional roads of Ricky, a betrayed teenager living inside of a prison-cut adult body as he attempts to integrate himself back into his Caribbean mother’s God-fearing home in Hartford, Connecticut. Ricky missed out on so many rites of passage of puberty, of learning a way with women, of smartphones, and of social media etiquette. How will he parlay his gift as a barber into gainful employment to meet his parole officer’s work requirements? Ricky is strong, handsome, and well-meaning but also misunderstood. Will he get a chance to live a life?
Actors Stephan James and Sheryl Lee Ralph give powerful and nuanced performances as Ricky and Joanne, his hard-boiled, big-hearted, parole officer. Rashad Frett’s directorial hand overflows with humanity and marks an auspicious feature debut. [Shari Frilot, Sundance Film Festival]
Starring: Starring: Stephan James, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Titus Welliver, Maliq Johnson, Imani Lewis, Simbi Kali
Director: Rashad Frett
Genre: Drama
"James gives a phenomenal performance that will shatter you."
— Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News
"Ricky is anchored by a sense of empathy and realism, as well as Stephen James' strong turn."
— Joey Magidson, Awards Radar
"A powerful, well-acted and engrossing emotional journey. Stephan James gives a breakthrough performance."
— Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru
"Ricky is a heartbreaking, inspiring story that shows how difficult it can be to do good when the odds are so decidedly against you."
— Cody Dericks, Next Best Picture
"This is a film that keeps you on the edge of your seat, emotionally invested, and rooting for Ricky to get the second chance he deserves."
— Marissa Hill, Shade Studios
"A captivating character study about a young man trying to carve out a grown-up life despite having spent half of his years on Earth behind bars."
— Nick Schager, The Daily Beast
"With a powerhouse ensemble leading viewers through their raw, tender story, it’s more than a necessary watch that should aid in opening minds and prompting conversation"
— Anna Miller, Collider
"A deeply empathetic look at the struggles of re-entry, guided by a director with a clear vision and a lead performance that commands attention."
— Roberto Tyler Ortiz, Loud and Clear Reviews
"With its a raw, compassionate, and quietly powerful look at life after incarceration, this is one of those thoughtful, understated, and moving films that comes out of nowhere and delivers a real gut punch."
— Louisa Moore, Screen Zealots
"A brilliantly touching, masterfully constructed critique of the American penal system and its inability to create paths for success and rehabilitation. It’s a story that is a call to arms to every new generation it is told to."
— Ty Cooper, HeyUGuys
"Ricky is a powerfully moving, affecting piece which emphasises that social rituals and rites of passage are a necessary part of developing as an adult. Ricky is an impressive debut for director Rashad Frett which has converted well in to a feature."
— Latoya Austin, Movie Marker
