YMMV / Ricki and the Flash

• Awesome Music: The cover of "American Girl" the film opens up with, Ricki and the Flash's original song "Cold One" and the performance at the end.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Julie gets lots of love from fans. As do the rest of the guys in Ricki's band, despite having minimal lines.^note In addition to Rick Springfield (a respected solo artist), they are all veteran session musicians; Rick Rosas (bass) and Joe Vitale (drums) played with Joe Walsh (among others) and Bernie Worrell (keyboards) was a founding member of the P-Funk collective with George Clinton.
• Funny Moments:
  • The awkward family dinner is full of them. It's a true Dysfunction Junction, with all of the children exchanging barbs at each other. Adam tells the waiter to keep the martinis coming, Julie is still in her pyjamas and Emily clearly looks as if she'd rather be anywhere else. Then Adam reveals he's gay and accuses Ricki of being homophobic.
  Adam: I was just born gay.
  Ricki: Well I was born Ricki.
  • Ricki gets in a good one when taking Julie to get her hair done. She warns her about her First Gray Hair, and says she won't find it on her head.
  Julie: Mom, I don't want to hear about your steel wool.
  • After Maureen gives Ricki the "Reason You Suck" Speech, Ricki can only fire back with "Pete's still in love with me."
  Maureen: I'm gonna let you have that one.
  • Ricki's attempts at reassuring Julie that her heart isn't dead - by comparing it to a Big Mac that just sits there and never changes. Pete gets Sidetracked by the Analogy.
  Ricki: It lives forever. I saw it on 60 Minutes.
  Julie: That's disgusting.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Meryl Streep plays a talented musician who doesn't get the recognition she deserves. The following year, she played Florence Foster Jenkins, an abysmal singer who became massively infamous for her lack of musical talent.
• Just Here for Godzilla: Some just watch it for the music or to see Meryl Streep playing guitar.
• Narm Charm: The Dance Party Ending is predictable, but still lovely to watch.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Minor example. But since Maureen is played by a Broadway powerhouse, they cold have shown her to be a singer as well to further emphasise her as a Foil to Ricki. It also would have been really nice to have Audra McDonald and Meryl Streep singing a duet at the wedding.
• Unintentional Period Piece: Adam mentions that part of the reason why he isn't married as being because not all gay men could get married in the US, something that was no longer the case by June of 2015. The film, meant to take place in the Present Day, was released in August of the same year, making it instantly dated.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: A few people found the daughter-in-law Emily to be this, given her initial reaction to Ricki performing at her wedding. While she does have a reason to be shocked, she comes across as snobby and rude.