Movie

The First Ride

2025 · 117 min

A warm, rowdy friendship comedy that keeps swerving into chaos and raw feeling, leaving you both laughing and unexpectedly moved.

Tagline: Friends on board.
Overview: Four lifelong friends—Tae-jeong, Do-jin, Yeon-min, and Geum-bok—dreamed of an epic trip abroad, but life got in the way. Years later, older but not necessarily wiser, they finally embark on their long-overdue journey. Planned as a carefree getaway, however, the trip derails into a whirlwind of unexpected chaos, hilariously absurd detours, and buried emotions resurfacing. As they stumble through misadventures, their first ride together turns into a spectacular journey—one for the ages.
How it feels: Warm, absurd, earnest and melancholic. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Friendship, grief, guilt, loyalty
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
grief
guilt
loyalty
coming-of-age
Places: road trip
big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild