Joyride
“When we feel lost, finding our way home takes a little help.”
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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Cast
17 people
Olivia Colman
Joy
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Charlie Reid
Mully
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James
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Olwen Fouéré
Sideline Sue
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Florence Adebambo
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Ferryman
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David Pearse
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Noreen
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Susannah De Wrixon
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Aisling O'Sullivan
Mags
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Trevor Kaneswaran
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Emer Reynolds Director · Ailbhe Keoghan Screenplay James Mather Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $136K · United States release December 23, 2022 · Produced in Ireland, United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$136,183
Production
Embankment Films
Production
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Production
Subotica
Production
Ingenious Media
Production
Indigenous Media
Production
Subotica Entertainment
Production
Ireland · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 29, 2022
Theatrical
United States · December 23, 2022
Limited theatrical
United States · December 23, 2022
Digital
Australia
May 15, 2023 · Digital · Netflix
Denmark
November 23, 2022 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 29, 2022 · Premiere · Galway Film Fleadh
August 1, 2024 · Digital · Netflix
Romania
July 29, 2022 · Premiere
United Kingdom
November 28, 2022 · Physical · DVD
August 1, 2024 · Digital · Netflix
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