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Is Joy Ride worth watching? ›

Fresh takes, classic gags, and excellent performances from its leads elevate an occasionally clunky and very packed script into something well worth watching.

When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the help of Lolo, her childhood best friend, Kat, a college friend, and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their epic, no-holds-barred 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.

Joy Ride / Film synopsis

Filming occurred in Vancouver. On October 7, a lewd playground serving as a set for the film was spotted in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.

32 million USD

Joy Ride / Budget

Is the film based on a true story? Writer/director Lim tells TODAY.com that the story of Audrey, Lolo, Kat and Deadeye was loosely inspired by her own friends. She says all her friends did in their 20s was "hang out, go out partying and tell stories about our messy dating lives."

Joy Ride (2023) is a raunchy and crude road comedy film directed by Adele Lim and starring Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu. The film follows four friends -- Audrey (Park), Lolo (Cola), Deadeye (Wu), and Kat (Hsu) -- as they travel across Asia in search of one of their birth mothers.

Why is 'Joy Ride' rated R? “Joy Ride” is rated R for strong and crude sexual content, language throughout, drug content and brief graphic nudity, according to the Classification and Ratings Administration. That means anyone under 17 needs to see the movie with a parent or adult guardian.

There is a lot of drinking and drugs in the first half of the movie. Overall I would say that it's probably best left for 16+ unless your kid is super mature about sex and you're okay with them watching and hearing the things in this movie.

It was released in the United States on October 5, 2001, and in the UK under the title Road Kill on April 26, 2002, and in Australia as Roadkill. The alternate titles were because of the negative connotations of “joy rides” as stealing cars rather than fun roadtrips.

And yet, you'll be surprised to learn that the cast didn't go to Asia. In fact, production designer Michael Norman Wong and cinematographer Paul Yee built and shot Seoul, South Korea and Beijing right in Vancouver.

What is the movie Joy Ride about with Paul Walker? ›

It's summer break and college freshman Lewis Thomas (Paul Walker) has decided to embark on a cross-country road trip to pick up the girl of his dreams, Venna (Leelee Sobieski). But Lewis' romantic hopes hit a detour when he stops on the way to rescue his older brother, Fuller (Steve Zahn), who goads him into playing a practical joke on a lonely trucker, over a CB radio. Now, that trucker, an unseen and terrifying force known only by his CB handle, Rusty Nail, wants the last laugh and revenge.

Joy Ride / Film synopsis

He was voiced by Ted Levine (who also portrayed Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs, Karkull in Superman: The Animated Series, General Russell Woodman in Evolution, Bloodbath McGrath in Wild Wild West, and Ken Wheatley in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) and physically portrayed by Matthew Kimbrough in Joy Ride, Mark ...

In "Joy Ride", two brothers (Zhan & Walker) get involved with a big rig driver over the CB radio while on the open road. They set him up as a practical joke and unleash all hell on themselves as the unseen subject of their prank, known only as "Rusty Nail", turns out to be a maniacal killer.

' As the media became more relentless in asking about the real owner of the company, Eala and the rest of the officials finally gave in: Ralph Nubla, a banker, and Bes Chua, a businesswoman.

Joy Ride (2001) - Satch Huizenga as Ice Truck Man - IMDb.

I wanted to like the person and the movie, and even though her bio is fascinating, this movie takes too long and is downright unpleasant. While not as good as David O. Russell's previous films, Joy is still worth watching for Jennifer Lawrence's great performance and some lovely, well-written scenes.

This series is not as popular as Kimi No Todoke which is awesome too even the pace is quite slow. If you want some intense love story, Ao Haru Ride or its English name Blue Spring Ride is the right choice. Story move fast and our heart simultaneously beating with the character.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 74% of 116 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "A well-constructed B-movie thriller, Joy Ride keeps up the necessary level of tension and chills.

They all did. “Joy Ride,” a Lionsgate release, has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America “for strong and crude sexual content, language throughout, drug content and brief graphic nudity.” Running time: 95 minutes. Three stars out of four. MPAA definition of R: Restricted.