A24 has gotten into the movie musical business, with Dicks: The Musical. If the title didn't raise a red flag in your head, then A24's reputation as a brand that pushes the boundaries with its movies certainly should. Unsurprisingly, Dicks: The Musical is wild, explicit and likely not suitable for anyone under the age of 18. (Though depending on your personal tastes, perhaps some older than 18 too.)
The movie has the creatives to pull such an interesting balance off, with producers from The Greatest Showman and Larry Charles, the director of Borat, handling things behind the camera. Add in a slew of big name stars in front of the camera and there's plenty of intrigue to go along with this 2023 new movie.
Read on to get all the vital information on Dicks: The Musical, from when you can watch it to who’s starring in it and more.
Dicks: The Musical release date
Dicks: The Musical is now playing in most US movie theaters. Be sure to check out Fandango to see if, where and when the movie is playing near you.
At this time, there is no UK release date for Dicks: The Musical.
Dicks: The Musical plot
The brains behind Dicks: The Musical are Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, who wrote the movie based on their stage play F***ing Identical Twins: The Musical. Here is the official synopsis of the movie:
"Two self-obsessed businessmen discover they're long-lost identical twins and come together to plot the reunion of their eccentric divorced parents."
So The Parent Trap, but ratcheted up to an 11 on the ridiculous scale.
Dicks: The Musical cast
In addition to writing, Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp star in Dicks: The Musical as the two long-lost twins. This is Jackson and Sharp's biggest movie project, as mostly the two have previously made single episode appearances in TV shows, like Search Party, At Home with Amy Sedaris and 2 Broke Girls for Sharp and Broad City for Jackson.
However, the movie has a well known supporting cast joining Jackson and Sharp. It includes Nathan Lane (Beau Is Afraid, Only Murders in the Building) and Megan Mullally (Will & Grace, Party Down) as the parents; rapper Megan Thee Stallion follows up her viral appearance in She-Hulk with a role as Jackson and Sharp's boss; with Saturday Night Live's Bowen Yang rounding things out by playing God.
Dicks: The Musical reviews
After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, the first slate of reviews for Dicks: The Musical have come in. The outlandish musical looks to be generally well received, earning 75% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes as of October 19.
Here is a sampling of some of the reviews:
Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post: "This creature from the wacko lagoon has ample obscenities, constant profanity, razzmatazz songs and dances. And, in my case, a lot of belly laughs."
David Fear, Rolling Stone: "There's a big difference between being loud and rude and being hilarious, cutting or even clever. The movie keeps it up for a good long while. It could just use a few more inches."
Kristy Puchko, Mashable: "I love, love, love this movie that dares to be this willfully stupid, gross and gleefully outrageous."
What is Dicks: The Musical rated?
You likely could have guessed, but Dicks: The Musical is not for kids. The movie has been given an R rating in the US for "strong crude sexual content, graphic nudity, pervasive language and brief drug use."
What is the runtime of Dicks: The Musical?
Dicks: The Musical has a total runtime of one hour and 26 minutes.
Dicks: The Musical trailer
You can watch the Dicks: The Musical trailer directly below, but be advised this trailer is NOT SAFE FOR WORK with strong language and some very suggestive images.
Larry Charles movies
If anyone knows how to push the boundaries in a comedy movie, it would be Larry Charles, who has pretty much made his whole career out of that. Here is the full list of movies that Charles has directed:
- Masked and Anonymous (2003)
- Borat (2006)
- Religulous (2008)
- Bruno (2009)
- The Dictator (2012)
- Army of One (2016)
