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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Where to watch Joyride (2021)

Joyride (2021) is available to stream in New Zealand now... More on Google TV and Apple TV Store and Neon and Neon Rentals and Academy On Demand and AroVision.

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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