MOVIE REVIEW: Raunchy road trip JoyRideMovie goes all the way to China for filthy fun.
slides comfortably into the tradition of hard-R road-trip movies while also demonstrating that American culture still has many areas to open up in terms of representation.begins with one of the best meet cutes seen in a while. While filling in the backstory of two best friends, Audrey and Lolo , the film shows how they first meet as preschoolers on the playground and ends with a sucker punch to the little boy who racially insults them.
When Audrey, who was adopted from China by white parents, is sent by her boss to seal a deal in Beijing, she brings Lolo along for the trip. Audrey plans to meet up with her college roommate Kat , who has become a successful actress and will serve as their translator. Lolo brings along her oddball cousin Deadeye and also decides that the trip provides the perfect opportunity for Audrey to search for her birth mother.
Despite the narrative through line being somewhat disjointed, the individual sequences shine like comedic jewels that further cement the characters’ relationships. Lim makes her directing debut with
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