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Joyride

2022 · 94 min

A warm, messy road trip that balances grief and humour, with two lost souls finding comfort in each other.

Directed by
Emer Reynolds
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Crime
Starring
Olivia Colman, Charlie Reid, Lochlann Ó Mearáin
Tagline
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.

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Directed by
Emer Reynolds
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Crime
Starring
Olivia Colman, Charlie Reid, Lochlann Ó Mearáin
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • parenthood
  • found family
  • redemption
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, crime
Directed by
Emer Reynolds
Written by
Ailbhe Keoghan
Starring
Olivia Colman, Charlie Reid, Lochlann Ó Mearáin, Olwen Fouéré, Florence Adebambo, Tommy Tiernan, David Pearse, Ruth McCabe
Cinematography
James Mather
Runtime
94 min
Country
Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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