Joy Ride (2023)

R16

2023

94 mins

Directed by Adele Lim
Recommended
90%
82%
Adventure
Comedy

Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu star in this R-rated road trip comedy, the directorial... More

Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu star in this R-rated road trip comedy, the directorial debut of screenwriter Adele Lim (Crazy Rich Asians, Raya and the Last Dragon).

When Audrey’s (Park) business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo (Cola), her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat (Hsu), her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye (Wu), Lolo’s eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.

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Where to watch Joy Ride (2023)

Joy Ride (2023) is available to stream in New Zealand... More now on Google TV and Prime Video and Neon and Neon Rentals and AroVision.

Joy Ride (2023) | Ratings & Reviews

Gross-out mayhem

R-rated road trip comedy delivers everything its title promises, a gross-out, mayhem-filled girl’s-own-adventure, made by women who get their characters and lampoon them as much as love them.

Cat Woods

90_%213 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
82_%681 reviews
Audience score rating

"A raunchy heartwarmer..."

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Slant Magazine

"Perfectly balanced..."

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Chicago Reader

"A whole lot of fun."

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Hollywood Reporter

"(A) raunchy and hilarious feature debut..."

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IndieWire

"It’s got more than a couple hall-of-fame-worthy comedy set-pieces..."

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Variety

"An incredible directorial debut with one of the funniest scripts in a while..."

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Slash Film

"Fearlessly scandalous."

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Paste

"Joy Ride slides comfortably into the tradition of hard-R road-trip movies while also demonstrating that American culture still has many areas to open up in terms of representation."

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