Thankfully, Colman and her young co-star make such an engaging duo that you stay along for the trip, even when the film loses its way.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 16, 2025

Overall, Joyride is an enjoyable watch that brings forth some important topics and certainly shows the audience some incredible cast performances.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 3, 2024

It’s only fitting that Emer Reynolds’ Joyride opens in a bustling Irish bar, because suspending disbelief for this madcap caper definitely requires the kind of open-mindedness that only multiple Guinnesses will provide.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 25, 2023

Joyride is a classic case of quality acting transcending a middling screenplay.

| Apr 21, 2023

Joyride is more like a train wreck. It's phony schmaltz that doesn't deserve the great talent of Olivia Colman. Among the many cringeworthy moments is a low point when a 12-year-old boy teaches a first-time middle-aged mother how to breastfeed her baby.

| Mar 29, 2023

Olivia Colman’s Irish road movie offers outsize charm,

| Original Score: A | Feb 28, 2023

Tugs at your heartstrings, but you know nothing bad is really going to happen.

| Jan 18, 2023

It might not break any plot molds, and it doesn’t quite come together as neatly as you’d hope by the end, but thanks to Colman’s shining presence, it’s a pleasant journey all the same.

| Original Score: B | Jan 9, 2023

Joyride is a road movie that treads a familiar path... Luckily, the film plays out in just over 90 minutes, so we're never left languishing in a familiar moment for long.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 6, 2023

Joyride is a charming road movie with a great onscreen pairing, but its script lacks the depth needed to fully explore the important issues it discusses and seems almost too scared to be anything but predictable.

| Dec 29, 2022

Colman is incapable of delivering anything disingenuous, and she brings much more gravitas to the role than the project calls for.

| Original Score: B- | Dec 27, 2022

At the end of the day, every performance in Joyride is above average and the filmmaking is competent enough to create a believable environment.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 24, 2022

Awkwardly blending broad comedy with introspective drama, the film offers both characters a chance at redemption, but strains to be life-affirming and profound along the way.

| Dec 23, 2022

It’s impossible not to get drawn in by an Olivia Colman performance, so for that reason alone, I watched and reviewed it. But I’m not proud of myself.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 23, 2022

It may not come together as smoothly as the best feel-good movies of its kind, but there's an unwieldy charm to Joyride that makes the trip memorable.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 23, 2022

[T]he gimmicky storytelling ... crams these two characters together and seemingly keeps them there against their will.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Dec 23, 2022

Whatever quaint small-town Irish charm that Joyride has, it runs out fairly quickly.

| Dec 23, 2022

In the end, “Joyride” doesn’t provide much joy due to a shaky and uninspired script. Even though Colman is always a bright spot in movies, this is one ride she shouldn’t have gotten on.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 22, 2022

“Joyride,” a grievously schematic blend of odd-couple comedy and life-affirming road movie, traverses the Irish countryside with a small degree of charm and a boatload of blarney.

| Dec 22, 2022

Why would Olivia Colman waste her time with such a pandering project?

| Dec 22, 2022