Joyride

Joyride

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

2022•1h 34m•5.9/10

ComedyDramaCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.9/10(47)

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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Production

Embankment Films, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Subotica, Ingenious Media

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman

Joy

Charlie Reid

Mully

Lochlann Ó Mearáin

Lochlann Ó Mearáin

James

Olwen Fouéré

Olwen Fouéré

Sideline Sue

Florence Adebambo

Florence Adebambo

Catherine

Tommy Tiernan

Ferryman

David Pearse

David Pearse

Showband Singer

Ruth McCabe

Ruth McCabe

Noreen

Aislín McGuckin

Aislín McGuckin

Angela

Susannah De Wrixon

Café Lady

Aisling O'Sullivan

Aisling O'Sullivan

Mags

Trevor Kaneswaran

Passenger 1

Clara Fitzgerald

Passenger 2

Kate Finegan

Stewardess 1

Jade O'Connor

Stewardess 2

Leo Hanna

Leo Hanna

Stag Party Passenger

David Coffey Weakley

David Coffey Weakley

Stag do Passenger (uncredited)

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