Joyride

Jul 29, 2022

1h 34m

★ 5.9

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Embankment Films

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Subotica

Ingenious Media

Joyride Trailers

Cast

Joy

Olivia Colman

Mully

Charlie Reid

James

Lochlann Ó Mearáin

Sideline Sue

Olwen Fouéré

Catherine

Florence Adebambo

Ferryman

Tommy Tiernan

Showband Singer

David Pearse

Noreen

Ruth McCabe

Angela

Aislín McGuckin

Café Lady

Susannah De Wrixon

Mags

Aisling O'Sullivan

Passenger 1

Trevor Kaneswaran

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5.3

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6.7

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