Rick

Rating:
Summary: Better than a hot iron in the eye? No.
Review: First, congratulations to the marketing department for Rick. Their description of the film was compelling enough to convince me and a friend to pluck this from the shelves of Video Americain in Takoma Park, MD over thousands of better choices. Well done. Second, I must implore you, the prospective viewer, to not make the same mistake. This is not some deep analysis of the regrettable concessions made to make it in the cut-throat world of Corporate America. Rather, it is a story of a bum-kissing Rick (Bill Pullman) who -- having humiliated Michelle (Sandra Oh) in an early interview and later getting her fired from her waitressing job -- supposedly gets his just desserts when (1) his much younger boss screws his daughter and (2) the assassin he hires to kill the boss accidentally kills the daughter instead. Are we suppose to believe that this is the Curse of Michelle working? ("I curse you. I curse you. I curse you," says the character, so maybe the repetition means "yes, this is significant.") I am not revealing anything here that the movie doesn't telegraph about 1/4 into it, people. Really! Bad overacting by all players except Oh, a horrific score, and a script that could be written by a high school student with aspirations to Make It Big. Do not see this film. Anyone who would give this 5 stars is either working for the industry or desperate for something more than Lassie to show in their hometown.

Rating:
Summary: Good movie!!
Review: I just read the reviews on this page for this film and i am flabbergasted. I loved this movie. i thought it was a film that finally dealt with issues that no one talks about, Cybersex, death of a parent and how it affects teenagers, and the fact that in this day and age you can easily end up working for someone half you age who will dominate your life. i strongly recommend people to see this film, you wont regret it.

Rating:
Summary: Brilliant, Dark, and Emotional!
Review: Not many people saw this movie, and I had to journey into the city of Manhattan to watch it. I was glad I did that, because I was treated to one of the best films of the year. "Rick" is the darkest movie that I have ever seen, and it's a shame that it wasn't distributed to more movie theatres. It stars Bill Pullman, as one of the most unlikeable characters ever created. Rick O'Lette is a mean, mean man, who treats everybody that is under him as if they are stupid. This movie takes place in Manhattan, and it takes place in the sneedy corparate world, where everybody is in it for the money, the fame, or the glory, and they will do a anything for get revenge or to get to the top. It's a drama that could work as a comedy, and there is only one character that we could root for, and hope that nothing happens to. Everybody else, until the end of course, you couldn't care less about, and it's nice to see a refreshing change of pace in movies. It's hard to guess if the mainstream audiences will like this movie, because it's like nothing that they've never seen before. The ending is grim and sadly unfortunate, and it's totally different than what I see in my theatres.

As I said already, Bill Pullman plays Rick O'Lette, but everybody calls him Rick, and not Mr. O' Lette, or "sir" or anything else. In this world, it seems that he is the only one that makes sense, sometimes, especially when the secretary of the building, Laura, is selling candy bars for his child's school, and they are all ten dollars a bar. He is the only one that seems to realize that it is incredibly stupid to buy one of them, and he is the only one that is not eating them all day. Also, in this world, others think that they know it all, especially when Rick interview, Michelle, comes into the building, and Laura give her the directions to go there, which involved going straight, making a left at the fax, a left at the coffee machine, a right at the printer, etc. Rick treats her horribly, and doesn't give her the job, something that comes back to haunt him. Later, him and his boss, who is much much younger than he is, go out for a drink, and it turns out that the waitress is Michelle. He gets her fired, and she puts a curse on him, stating that he is a horrible person, and he will pay for the way that he treats people. His boss, Duke, goes back to the office to "work," when he is really have anoynomous internet sex with some girl over the internet. His screen name is BIG BOSS. He doesn't know that he is doing it with Rick's high school daughter, Eve, who is not actually participating in the sexual act, but just amusing herself, and whoever it is that she is talking to. Eventually, Rick meets Buck, who kills big corparate imagines for money. Rick hires him to kill Duck, mostly after he finds out what he may or may not be doing with his daughter. He gives Buck the key to his storage space to dispose of the body, and when the night of the office Christmas party comes, also the night where the murder will take place, Rick could begin to have second thoughts. . .

I didn't expect the ending of "Rick" to be what it was, but it had me thinking about it for a while afterwards. The only character here that you care about is Eve, because you could relate to her, and also because she is the only nice one. She is the only person that Rick cares about, and after his wife died, he does everything that he can to make sure that she doesn't leave him too, but she is becoming distant. It's the only spark of emotion Rick's character has, and this movie plays with his emotions. He is changing as these things around him unfold, and by the ending, you either are glad about what happens, or very upset, depending on the way that you feel about Rick. I'm not going to reveal the ending, but I want to shroud it in mystery so you'll see it for yourself.

I love the wonderful dark. grim, feel of this Manhattan. It's so unlike the Manhattan that I am in often, and it brings such a dark look to these characters, and this other world. "Rick" makes it own universe in a world very much like our own, but we just don't see some of the things that happen are so stupid. "Rick" does exaggerate some of these stupid things, but makes it hilarious because nobody, except Rick, notices. I love this movie, and I want to buy the DVD, but am having problems finding it. I recommend this, and am calling it one of the best films of the year.

ENJOY!

Rated R for sexual content and language.

Rating:
Summary: a cult movie - destroyed half way into it
Review: Rick had all the ingredients to become a cult classic - it had the correct actors and actresses, good plot pretty good canvas but the director kills the movie near the end.

Curtiss Clayton , the director, could have made it into a dark cult classic thriller but instead he tried to turn it into some sort of comedy. if you have a twist at the end of the movie then you need to keep it as a twist and not reveal it half way down the movie. That is extactly what Clayton has done.

Bill Pullman as Rick O'Lette, a corporate charm with a boss named Duke (Aaron Stanford) , Rick's daughter Eve (Agnes Bruckner) have all tried to do their portion as good as possible given the sketchy direction and I will not blame them.

Rick's daughter engages in a cyber sex encounter with his young boss and the movie rolls from their. There are some nice moments and also some curse put on Rick by a girl she interviews.
One idea is correct and I completely agree with that is unless you are not a caucasian or big black person nobody thinks you are american - it does not matter how many generation you are in this country. Well this is changing as in California (1 down and 49 to go)

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Summary: Oh, Sandra Oh! A new Bill Pullman
Review: Sandra Oh has IT. The girl can do comedy and drama. As a woman degraded, she casts a witch's curse that propels this pop Rigoletto in which the soundtrack is a sensuous mix of Christmas carols that underscore the psychological drama directly as well as ironically. (I'm buying the soundtrack next!)The script with it revealing cliches of office dialog and 4-letter names that are used like 4-letter words is music to my literary ears. Too many producers forget that a film begins with writing. The last, but not least revelation, was Bill Pullman's self-lacerating performance that recalls the conflicted icon Jack Lemmon in "The Apartment." Having never really cared for Pullman before, I hesitated when I saw the billing. But the guy made a believer out of me with his muttering performance depicting a man who was once good, and who was whittled away by urban violence and corporate hypocrisy. Aaron Stanford as Duke, the Bigboss, gives the kind of performance that gets Supporting Actor nominations. His character is an archetype of our times, because he chatters on in halls and on line all the while he is gorgeously clueless regarding his superficiality, his wife, and his employees. For an interesting double feature, watch this film with "Rodger Dodger." Or, pair this serious film with another Christmas-driven movie for grown-ups, the hilarious comedy "The Ref."

Rating:
Summary: the movie was HORRIBLE
Review: This movie had potential in the beginning, and left me hoping that it would lead to a great revenge story after the cruel treatment of Michelle. Way too many things in the movie just happened with no explanation such as the appearance of "Buck" and Rick knowing his daughter's password for her cybersex chat email address. It seemed like there was a bunch of stuff thrown into the plot haphazardly in order to make the plot seem more twisted, albeit unrealistic. The fact that his daughter turns into a [...] right before she dies, and Rick barely shows distraught when he walks away from it is disturbing in a very forced way. The emotion in this movie is so shallow, and the lack of lighting at all is completely unnecessary that it makes me wonder if it is a reflection of the immaturity and stupidity of its producers.

Rating:
Summary: Perfect timing!
Review: This movie is amazing. It hits at the right time when corporate america is so corrupt. Bill Pullman gives an amazing performance as the title character of RICK! Anyone who has ever had to deal with a younger and arrogant boss will enjoy this film for here fantasy becomes reality. In the vain of Company of Men meets Swimming with Sharks, i highly recommend this daring film!!