Joy Ride (2023) | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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If 60% of reviews are positive, the movie is given a “Fresh” status, but if positive reviews fall below that benchmark, it is deemed “Rotten.” A popular piece of media will typically fall between the 70-90% range, but rarely, a project will receive a 100% score.

Set in County Kerry, Ireland, this road movie follows 13-year-old Mully, whose mother Rita has recently died of cancer, and Joy, a solicitor, and her newborn baby. Mully's father James has stolen the cancer hospice money from the collection jar at Rita's wake, to pay off his debts.

The percentage is based on the film's reviews aggregated by the website and assessed as positive or negative, and when all aggregated reviews are positive, the film has a 100% rating.

Audience Reviews

HILARIOUS but still balanced with great character development and a sweet story. Hilarious and had some real heart. Hilarious and deeply moving!

Other recent series with multiple seasons in the 100% club: The Good Place, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, One Day at a Time, Veep, Fleabag, Jane the Virgin, and Feel Good. Only Murders in the Building season 1 has the most reviews on its perfect 100% score.

Parents need to know that Joy Ride is a crude, hilarious road movie with strong language, sexual humor, drinking, and drugs.

Rusty Nail is a main antagonist in the Joy Ride movies. He is an enigmatic, serial killing truck driver who stalks, tortures and kills his victims for those who have wronged him.

In "Joy Ride", two brothers (Zhan & Walker) get involved with a big rig driver over the CB radio while on the open road. They set him up as a practical joke and unleash all hell on themselves as the unseen subject of their prank, known only as "Rusty Nail", turns out to be a maniacal killer.

Rotten Tomatoes has released what it calls the 100 Worst Movies of All Time. They all scored 6% or less on the Tomatometer. Topping the list, all with a 0% rating, "Ballistic: Ecks Vs. Sever," "One Missed Call" and "Left Behind." I've heard of none of these films, so I must have really good taste in movies.

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The Audience Score, denoted by a popcorn bucket, represents the percentage of users who have rated a movie or TV show positively.

Filming occurred in Vancouver. On October 7, a lewd playground serving as a set for the film was spotted in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. Hsu used a body double for the scene involving her character's tattoo.

If you enjoy comedies with a solid storyline as well, offering more than just cheap slapstick comedy, then director Adele Lim's 2023 movie "Joy Ride" certainly is well-worth taking 95 minutes to sit down and watch. My rating of "Joy Ride" lands on a seven out of ten stars. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.

A well-constructed B-movie thriller, Joy Ride keeps up the necessary level of tension and chills. Critics also liked Zahn's performance as the goofball older brother.

The Tomatometer score must be consistent and unlikely to deviate significantly before a film or TV show is marked Certified Fresh. A Certified Fresh movie or TV season whose score drops and remains consistently below 70% will lose the Certified Fresh designation.

Scores of over 60 percent are considered fresh, and scores of 59 percent and under are rotten.

A high rating on Rotten Tomatoes is good. The scores range from 0% to 100%, one hundred being the best and zero being the worst. If a movie's score is equal to or above 60%, the movie is considered “fresh”, while if it is below 60% it is considered “rotten”.

If the positive reviews make up 60% or more, the film is considered "fresh". If the positive reviews are less than 60%, the film is considered "rotten".