15/08/2023
Believe it or not, some of the traditionally inspiring feel-good movies are actually pretty depressing, whether it’s the su***de at the heart of It’s a Wonderful Life, the homicide in Pay it Forward, or the Holocaust in Life Is Beautiful. Those titles convey the ultimately cheery, optimistic message of the films, but there’s a lot of darkness that needs to be overcome in order to reach that point. Joyride (while thankfully lacking any su***des or genocide) is of a similar bent, with the same type of title to boot. It really makes you feel, before it becomes a feel-good movie.
Joyride launches you into its narrative that way, locking the car doors and taking off as soon as you sit down for it.