When does a good lie go bad? Well, if you’re Zac Efron or either of his friends from the upcoming movie Ricky Stanicky, it turns out that shelf life is about 25 years, give or take. What was once a little white lie becomes a massive deal, which leads the lads to hire John Cena to help sell this mistruth. And while this looks hysterical and all, I’m hoping there’s at least one wrestling gag between these two gents in the offing.
It’s a lot to keep up with when you take it all in at once, and that’s exactly what this Amazon MGM Studios movie is trying to tell anyone who is even remotely interested in such a scam. The basic gist is as follows: young friends Dean, JT, and Wes (Zac Efron, Andrew Santino, and Jermaine Fowler) have been using the titular character as an alibi for almost 30 years. But the pressure is really on when their wives and families start to question if the supposedly cancer stricken Ricky is real.
