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ComedyDramaCrime

Joyride

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

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.

Release Date : 2022-07-29

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Embankment FilmsFís Éireann/Screen IrelandSuboticaIngenious Media

Production Country : IrelandUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Olivia Colman

Character Name : Joy

Original Name : Olivia Colman

Gender : Female

Charlie Reid

Character Name : Mully

Original Name : Charlie Reid

Gender : Male

Lochlann Ó Mearáin

Character Name : James

Original Name : Lochlann Ó Mearáin

Gender : Male

Olwen Fouéré

Character Name : Sideline Sue

Original Name : Olwen Fouéré

Gender : Female

Florence Adebambo

Character Name : Catherine

Original Name : Florence Adebambo

Gender : Female

Tommy Tiernan

Character Name : Ferryman

Original Name : Tommy Tiernan

Gender : Male

David Pearse

Character Name : Showband Singer

Original Name : David Pearse

Gender : Male

Ruth McCabe

Character Name : Noreen

Original Name : Ruth McCabe

Gender : Female

Aislín McGuckin

Character Name : Angela

Original Name : Aislín McGuckin

Gender : Female

Susannah De Wrixon

Character Name : Café Lady

Original Name : Susannah De Wrixon

Gender : Female

Aisling O'Sullivan

Character Name : Mags

Original Name : Aisling O'Sullivan

Gender : Female

Trevor Kaneswaran

Character Name : Passenger 1

Original Name : Trevor Kaneswaran

Gender : Male

Clara Fitzgerald

Character Name : Passenger 2

Original Name : Clara Fitzgerald

Gender : Female

Kate Finegan

Character Name : Stewardess 1

Original Name : Kate Finegan

Gender : Male

Jade O'Connor

Character Name : Stewardess 2

Original Name : Jade O'Connor

Gender : Male

Leo Hanna

Character Name : Stag Party Passenger

Original Name : Leo Hanna

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-31

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.