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Rick (2003)

Rick poster
Directed by
Curtiss Clayton
Genre
musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man in a toxic corporate job makes a wish that sets off a chain of dark events. He deals with consequences involving his daughter and his boss.

quirkysatiricalmelancholicdarkly comicoffbeattheatricalmodern

What happens

Rick is a 2003 American comedy drama film directed and edited by Curtiss Clayton (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Daniel Handler, based on the 1851 opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi, itself based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. The film stars Bill Pullman, Aaron Stanford, Agnes Bruckner, Dylan Baker, and Sandra Oh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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