Ricki and the Flash vs The Stories
The Stories has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 5.8/10 for Ricki and the Flash). Ricki and the Flash is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 41m. Ricki and the Flash is the older of the two (2015 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Ricki and the Flash
The Stories| Ricki and the Flash | The Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.8/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music |
| Country | United States of America | Egypt |
| Director | Jonathan Demme | Abu Bakr Shawky |
| Main cast | Sebastian Stan, Audra McDonald, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer, Meryl Streep | Nelly Karim, Amir El-Masry, Valerie Pachner, Amr Abed, Ahmed Kamal |
Synopsis
Ricki and the Flash
Meryl Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the music with her family.
The Stories
The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a Middle-Class Cairo family who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. During the tense summer of 1967, as war looms over Egypt, he begins a pen-pal correspondence with an Austrian woman named Elizabeth (“Liz”). A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's parents and how they met.
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