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Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio,...
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer in this 2001 thriller.
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Where to watch Joy Ride (2001)
74 %116 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
66 %63,935 reviewsAudience score rating
"You want to be scared and have a few laughs and not have your intelligence insulted? Here you go."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"(This) film is much more effectively terrifying than the usual overplotted, underwritten Hollywood thriller."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"(A) surprisingly effective mad trucker thriller..."
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Time Out
Time Out"Steve Zahn hands down steals the show in Joy Ride."
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Bloody Disgusting
Bloody Disgusting"The pace is brisk enough, and the lead players charismatic enough, to distract from a few nagging lapses in logic and continuity."
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Variety
Variety"No one wins awards for movies like this, but this is escapist entertainment raised to the level of art."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"Typically efficient for a Dahl film, Joy Ride still smells of Hollywood."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"The king of the road is Zahn, expertly steering his path between ironic goofball and real scared dude."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly"Dahl works the audience like the dial of a car radio, testing out all manner of squeals and static and all-out, high-pitched terror."
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Salon
Salon"(It) is actually far slicker and much more enjoyable than either its title or its silly premise suggests."
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BBC
BBCJoy Ride (2001) | Details
- Rating
- R,
- Runtime
- 97
- Genre
- Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA
