Joyride (2021)

2021

94 mins

Directed by Emer Reynolds
50%
66%
Comedy
Drama

British-Irish, feel-good coming-of-age dramedy. Follows the misadventures of Joy (Olivia Coleman), an angry mum out of her depth, and runaway... More

British-Irish, feel-good coming-of-age dramedy. Follows the misadventures of Joy (Olivia Coleman), an angry mum out of her depth, and runaway 12-year-old Mully (Charlie Reid).

"If Joy honest to herself, when she looks in the mirror she sees the shadow of her own neglectful mother. Mully also has a mum-shaped void in his life, as well as a conman dad. But Mully’s got balls; he knicks his dad’s stash of cash and steals a taxi in a bid for freedom. But, there’s an almighty yell from the back seat. It’s Joy – hungover, freaking out, and holding her baby. As they tear up the road on their riotous misadventure, we follow these roguish ‘outlaws’ in search of their dreams, in this feel-good, foul-mouthed fairy-tale." (Official synopsis)

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Joyride (2021) | Ratings & Reviews

50_%42 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
66_%29 reviews
Audience score rating

"This odd-couple comedy road movie paints its characters in brushstrokes so broad you could land a jumbo jet on them..."

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The Guardian

"It’s a wacky, lark-filled road movie that’s “feelgood” to its core. Until it’s not."

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The Times

"Ultimately, it’s a joyride that runs clean out of gas."

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Time Out

"Even if the material isn’t always sparklingly fresh, its approach and execution are gently effective."

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Empire Magazine

"There is nothing much to actively dislike here... But Joyride feels like old-fashioned stuff."

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The Irish Times

"It’s hard to treat Joyride just as a pleasant but easily disposable romp, especially when Reynolds loads up the film with so much cheap symbolism."

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Independent

"A blithely innocuous Irish comedy-drama that (Colman) has no business being in: she’s not miscast, exactly, just out of place."

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The Telegraph

"There is a lovely chemistry between Colman and impressive newcomer Charlie Reid."

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Screen Daily

"Reynolds’ film weaves pretty freely between tonal lanes, as dictated by the blend of character-rooted intimacy and sitcom-like contrivance in Ailbhe Keogan’s script."

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Variety

"If the script can sometimes overpower the stars, the film is good at splicing the laughs with melancholy insights into the hard stuff of parenthood..."

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