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Joy Ride

R
Movie
2023
1h 34m
English
Comedy
When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, 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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6.6
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Joy Ride (2023) on IMDb
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82

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Directed By: Adele Lim
Written By: Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (Story), Adele Lim (Story), + 2 more

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Jordyep says...
one year ago
It's _Crazy Rich Asians_ meets _The Hangover_. I'm not really a fan of either of those, so I'm not entirely surprised that this didn't click with me. The movie is at its best when it's making fun of the cultural differences between characters. However, more often than not, this movie will fall back on the same old lowest common denominator tropes that makes most studio comedies so boring. Most of this consists of wacky situations where things go cRaAaAaAaAaZy, lame raunchy jokes for 40 year olds, pop culture references that already feel dated, men being objectified to an obnoxious degree and a **lot** of painful, cringy dialogue.The story is more of an excuse to string all the bits together, there's not a lot of cohesion to it. There's an attempt to give the movie some weight at the very end, but because it doesn't really put in the work during the first two acts, it doesn't land. Again, I'm not the target demographic, but I wasn't the primary target for _Turning Red_ or _Beef_ either, and I ended up really liking both of those. This is just lazy and formulaic by comparison. 3.5/10
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justenbennett says...
one year ago
So many back-to-back laughs—our screening was having a blast! Hilarious performances, great ensemble, and some stealth feels that had a number of people sniffling and crying. Go see it, in a theatre, and bring friends because a crowd only enhances the fun!
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thangcuoi says...
one year ago
Like an Asian Bridesmaid. Laugh out loud funny and crass.
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gota0502 says...
one year ago
Yes please! Great cast, great setting and a decent script. Finally we have a leading lady movie with this kind of humor!
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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
one year ago
A sweet story about family, friends, and learning to love the person you are is wrapped up with a big, vivacious, raunchy bow in director Adele Lim‘s “Joy Ride,” a raucous comedy that celebrates women embracing their inner naughtiness. This diverse, explicit, sex-positive movie is going to mak More
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CinemaSerf
one year ago
When I saw the trails for this, I was not very enthusiastic. Now I am glad to say that this is more of a failing of the teaser makers than of the film itself, which is actually at the better end of the genre. It all centres around the high-flying "Audrey" (Ashley Park) who is on for a partnership at More
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Brent Marchant
one year ago
Bawdy, raunchy humor generally isn’t my style, but, when it’s done with wit, creativity and no-holds-barred originality, it gets my attention quickly, which this filmmaking debut from writer- director Adele Lim captures from the very first line of the picture (and never lets go thereafter). This More
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