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Movie Name: Ricky
Directed by: Rashad Frett
Starring: Stephan James, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Titus Welliver, Maliq Johnson, Imani Lewis, Simbi Kali, Andrene Ward-Hammond
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Release Date: March 20, 2026
Rating: –
Languages: English
Production House: Ossetra Films, Bay Mills Studios, Parliament of Owls, Spark Features, Good Gravy Films, The deNovo Intuitive
Budget: $- million
After being imprisoned in his teenage years, Ricky, now an adult, navigates the challenges of life post-incarceration.
Ricky: Movie Review
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. 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. It is scheduled to be released on March 20, 2026, by Blue Harbor Entertainment.
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 January 2023, it was announced Rashad Frett would direct a feature-length version of his short film of the same name. The screenplay was selected for the 2023 Sundance Institute Screenwriting Lab.
The film had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2025. In January 2026, Blue Harbor Entertainment was announced to be distributing the film, setting a March 20, 2026, release.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of 27 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 80 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating “generally favorable” reviews.
