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Is Joy Ride worth watching? ›

If you enjoy comedies with a solid storyline as well, offering more than just cheap slapstick comedy, then director Adele Lim's 2023 movie "Joy Ride" certainly is well-worth taking 95 minutes to sit down and watch. My rating of "Joy Ride" lands on a seven out of ten stars. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.

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

Production began by October, with Desmond Chiam, Alexander Hodge, and Chris Pang joining the cast. Filming occurred in Vancouver. On October 7, a lewd playground serving as a set for the film was spotted in Maple Ridge, British Columbia but a sequence filmed for it was cut.

The hilarious and unapologetically explicit story of identity and self-discovery centers on four unlikely friends who embark on a once-in-a-lifetime international adventure.

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."

Adele Lim, whose name you might remember for having co-written Crazy Rich Asians and Raya and the Last Dragon takes the only reasonable direction you could hope she'd go from there, by making a raunchy comedy in the company of Seth Rogen – for Asian-American women!

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.

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.

New comedy 'Joy Ride' is based in Western Washington and filmed in the PNW. SEATTLE — The outrageous R-rated comedy “Joy Ride” has two big connections to the Pacific Northwest: it's based in Western Washington and was filmed entirely in Vancouver, B.C.

“Joy Ride,” an R-rated comedy about a Chinese business trip gone wrong, released to 2,820 theaters in July and loved by 91% of critics, earned only $12.9 million and was one of the highest-rated box office failures of 2023.

Is Joy Ride appropriate for 14 year olds? ›

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.

Rusty Nail is a main antagonist in the Joy Ride movies. He is an enigmatic, serial killing truck driver who stalks, tortures and kills his victims for those who have wronged him.

Rusty Nail is the main antagonist of the Joy Ride film series. He is a psychotic and murderous truck driver who hunts down and kills his victims.

Audience Reviews

Joy Ride 2 certainly doesn't live up to the first one, but it's still a bone-chilling and entertaining ride.

It is a wonderful story that should have received better reviews. I can understand why it wasn't a box office hit but it is definitely worth watching.

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. I hope it will be season 2 which is will be the final season I guess.