A movie that focuses almost exclusively on stereotypical male hero-type characters and relies on a mix of violence, speed, machismo, and swagger to attract a young male audience, while minimizing, or even trivializing/victimizing, female characters. It is this latter, plus the stark failure of the Bechdel test*, which primarily differentiates a Richard flick from movies that target men, and employ many of these same action elements, yet contain significant and central roles for women, as well.
"Richard flick" is a tongue-in-cheek cultural response to "chick flick," a descriptive term for movies primarily targeting women and focused on romance with HEA ("happily ever after"), similar to the juxtaposition of chick lit/dick lit descriptors for books. The Richard terminology has related applications, such as "The 80s was a Richard decade in relation to its backlash against 70s feminism."
*Failure of the Bechdel test alone does not make a movie a Richard flick; for example: The Terminator (1984) had only one significant female role, but that character was central to the plot, as prominently featured as the primary male role, and commanded the viewer's respect throughout.
"Richard flick" is a tongue-in-cheek cultural response to "chick flick," a descriptive term for movies primarily targeting women and focused on romance with HEA ("happily ever after"), similar to the juxtaposition of chick lit/dick lit descriptors for books. The Richard terminology has related applications, such as "The 80s was a Richard decade in relation to its backlash against 70s feminism."
*Failure of the Bechdel test alone does not make a movie a Richard flick; for example: The Terminator (1984) had only one significant female role, but that character was central to the plot, as prominently featured as the primary male role, and commanded the viewer's respect throughout.
Dick: This movie surrounds the idea of women. Women, women, women. Is it a chick flick?
Bob: And what would that make “Deliverance” —a Richard flick?
Bob: And what would that make “Deliverance” —a Richard flick?
by yazquan November 7, 2021
Get the Richard flickmug. Don’t be an asshole!
One of the nick names for Richard is Dick,
don’t be a richard implies, don’t be a dick
One of the nick names for Richard is Dick,
don’t be a richard implies, don’t be a dick
by MirzaTheRainman May 3, 2021
Get the Don’t be a richardmug. by Mike Dibble April 27, 2020
Get the Richard Gearmug. When you grasp your hand in its ideal jerk-it position, chop it off, wait for the rigor mortis to set it, and use it to masturbate.
Guy 1: Did you hear Charlie gave himself a Ghostly Richard last week?
Guy 2: Yeah! I'm jealous. I did that last year and now I'm saving my second hand for college.
Guy 2: Yeah! I'm jealous. I did that last year and now I'm saving my second hand for college.
by Tasty Steve January 27, 2019
Get the Ghostly Richardmug. The best coach anybody could ever ask for. He's never leaving his parents couch. He never knows when not to close out even in funerals. He's forever a virgin .
by ball sucker123 December 13, 2018
Get the Richard Eastonmug. by Horty72 February 21, 2022
Get the Group Richardmug. An Angry Richard is where one male/female rubs icyhot on a phallic object, then proceeds to fornicate with a a partner.
by MikeHuntYaBoo May 14, 2020
Get the angry richardmug.