Not a complete wipe-out, but it feels more VOD than big screen.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 3, 2021

The film has a sun drenched, appealing California-ness and Hunt has that perpetually sunny bright look that helps soften her character's hard edges; the sun and light seem to erase the Manhattan publishing executive persona and she relaxes.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 31, 2018

The wonky narrative is definitely a problem - Hunt takes too long to get us to sympathize with the obsessed Jackie - but by then, we really want her to catch that wave.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 18, 2015

For a film whose lead character makes a hobby of worrying about weak plots and clichd endings, Ride pulls out all the stops to follow formula.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 24, 2015

Isn't unpleasant, but it does end up feeling synthetic--the work of a filmmaker who's simply trying too hard.

| Original Score: C+ | May 11, 2015

Helen Hunt proves as adept behind the camera as she is in front of it in this funny and moving story that movies rarely do - the relationship between a mother and son. It's a winner.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 10, 2015

As a screenwriter, [Hunt] can be a bit obvious: It's the kind of film in which the son addresses his mother by her first name.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 8, 2015

"Ride" gratifyingly follows the currents of the story where they go, leading to something more organic and satisfying than we might expect. I hope it's not another eight years until Hunt's next film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 8, 2015

Clever and warm-hearted.

| Original Score: B+ | May 7, 2015

The bickering quickly grows tiresome and cancels any emotional investment.

| May 4, 2015

This is an unusual movie, especially when you look back and realize how usual it seemed going in.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 1, 2015

Mom gets her groove back in charming, not-too-edgy drama.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 1, 2015

Helen Hunt goes auteur again in a supposedly hard-hitting character study that ultimately feels more like a shallow vanity project.

| May 1, 2015

While the subject matter in Ride is a bit rote, the performances and zing-a-minute dialogue keep this low budget picture above water.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 1, 2015

Hunt is past the breakers and alone on her own wave; as a filmmaker, she's lost sight of the shore.

| May 1, 2015

This is suitably engaging coming-of-middle-age material, but at nearly every turn, Hunt shines in one discipline while leaving much to be desired in another.

| Apr 30, 2015

As an instructional movie on the sport, "Ride" offers some useful tips, but beyond that, it feels like a slightly bizarre vanity project.

| Apr 30, 2015

Hunt has a long history in comedy, but Ride reveals that she can direct it as well as perform it.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 30, 2015

Occasionally engaging, Ride suffers from being desperate to please, overwrought and overwritten with sitcom-style shenanigans backed up by a goofily chirpy score.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 30, 2015

Here's the thing about playing someone who's tiresome and unpleasant: You run the risk of creating a movie that's tiresome and unpleasant.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 30, 2015