OK, so luck does play a disproportionately big role in this rather far-fetched comedy drama, but ...
Joyride
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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Joyride
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Status
Released
Release Date
Jul 29, 2022
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Crime
User Score
59%
Original Title
Joyride
Production Companies
Embankment Films, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Subotica, Ingenious Media
Director
Emer Reynolds
Description
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.