Joyride

Unrated

12/23/20221h 34m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ When we feel lost, finding our way home takes a little help. ~

Overview:

12-year-old Mully has lost his mother and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity money they've raised in her name. Grabbing the cash, Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. A straight-talking solicitor who didn't expect to get pregnant, Joy is struggling with motherhood and planning to give her baby to a friend who will raise the child as her own. She joins Mully on a wild journey across Ireland, stealing cars, hitch-hiking, catching ferries and breaking police barricades.

Director:

Emer Reynolds

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

runaway
motherly love
on the run
single mother
ireland
stealing car
british pub
death of mother
stolen cars
hitchhiking
runaway child
deadbeat dad
stolen cash
joyride
ferry
father son conflict
newborn baby
breastfeeding
adult child friendship
singing child
runaway woman
solicitor
unexpected pregnancy
absent father
irish
rural ireland
car
police checkpoint

Cast

Olivia Colman

~ as ~

Joy

Charlie Reid

~ as ~

Mully

Lochlann Ó Mearáin

~ as ~

James

Olwen Fouéré

~ as ~

Sideline Sue

Florence Adebambo

~ as ~

Catherine

Tommy Tiernan

~ as ~

Ferryman

David Pearse

~ as ~

Showband Singer

Ruth McCabe

~ as ~

Noreen

Aislín McGuckin

~ as ~

Angela

Susannah De Wrixon

~ as ~

Café Lady

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
OK, so luck does play a disproportionately big role in this rather far-fetched comedy drama, but all of that is redeemed by two really quite engaging performances from Olivia Coleman and Charlie Reid. The latter is a young lad who doesn't like the idea that his roguish father is about to appropriate some charity money, so absconds with it in a stolen taxi. Unbeknown to him though, his cab already has two passengers - "Joy" (Colman) and a young baby. What now ensues are some fun escapades as the young man realises that his middle-aged passenger - who is dressed in a fetching air-hostess yellow for most of the film - is trying to get her newborn to her sister for adoption and he begins to suspect that she might just be a bit of a commitment-phobe. It's a road trip film with a difference. Both characters gel well here and the young Reid has a mischievous confidence that belies his young years - indeed there are more than a couple of quite entertaining role-reversal scenarios to relish. The script is frequently pithy and lively and the scenery enjoyable to admire as the pair leap from frying pan to fire on an amiable journey across Ireland trying to avoid the Garda and his father en route. Olivia Colman is effective here, she has quite good comedy timing but the film really belongs to Reid and is actually much better than I was expecting.