We all made interesting choices during the pandemic. Some people got dogs, some left exciting cities for quieter pastures, and some took big career swings. Oscar winner Olivia Colman, it seems, swung wildly out of her usual prestige material to take a little jaunt to Ireland. All it took to get her there was a wholesome road trip comedy in which her primary scene partner is a 12-year-old boy.
Though the inimitable , her immense talent dwarfs the melodramatic surroundings. Once we arrive at a scene where the kindhearted hooligan teaches her how to breastfeed in a seaside shack, it’s clear we’re not in Yorgos Lanthimos territory anymore.
While not entirely without its charms, “Joyride” quite literally milks both comedy and melodrama from its tidy premise like a new mother leaking down her silk blouse — an indignity Colman carries off with sharp vulnerability. The title gets a double meaning from her character’s name,...
Though the inimitable , her immense talent dwarfs the melodramatic surroundings. Once we arrive at a scene where the kindhearted hooligan teaches her how to breastfeed in a seaside shack, it’s clear we’re not in Yorgos Lanthimos territory anymore.
While not entirely without its charms, “Joyride” quite literally milks both comedy and melodrama from its tidy premise like a new mother leaking down her silk blouse — an indignity Colman carries off with sharp vulnerability. The title gets a double meaning from her character’s name,...
- 12/23/2022
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
There’s a scene in “Joyride” set to the Villagers’ song “Courage,” in which lead Conor O’Brien sings, “It took a little time to get where I wanted.” Technically, it takes one hour and six minutes to get to that point, but the route was fastidiously mapped out from the very beginning.
Just like its on-the-nose soundtrack, the rest of this Irish drama is as plain as day — with one exception. Why would Olivia Colman, a regular at Oscar and Emmy ceremonies and recipient of overall critical and audience adoration, waste her time with such a pandering project?
In fact, Colman was at the Academy Awards this very year with a nomination for her bracingly complex portrayal of parenthood in “The Lost Daughter.” So it’s a bit baffling to find her in a movie that feels like a faith-based social warning made in the 1950s, and designed expressly to...
Just like its on-the-nose soundtrack, the rest of this Irish drama is as plain as day — with one exception. Why would Olivia Colman, a regular at Oscar and Emmy ceremonies and recipient of overall critical and audience adoration, waste her time with such a pandering project?
In fact, Colman was at the Academy Awards this very year with a nomination for her bracingly complex portrayal of parenthood in “The Lost Daughter.” So it’s a bit baffling to find her in a movie that feels like a faith-based social warning made in the 1950s, and designed expressly to...
- 12/22/2022
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
"When we feel lost, finding our way home takes a little help." Magnolia Pictures has revealed another new US trailer for an indie road trip film called Joyland, a heartwarming Irish feature that already opened in the UK and Ireland during the summer just a few months ago. The film is described as a "train-wreck on an adventure" road trip film about two misfits. Fleeing from his father, 12-year-old Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. Joy is on her way to an important meeting, and Mully needs to get some distance from his dad, who’s after the cash Mully has with him. The unlikely pair go on a journey across Ireland, gradually finding the friendship, love & learning they never knew they needed, in each other. Olivia Colman stars as Joy, with Charlie Reid as Mully, plus Olwen Fouéré,...
- 11/14/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to “Joyride,” a road-trip comedy starring Oscar-winner Olivia Colman and Charlie Reid. The indie studio will release the film in theaters and on demand on Dec. 23.
The picture was directed by Emer Reynolds (“Songs for While I’m Away”) and written by Ailbhe Keogan (“Bad Sisters). The cast also includes Lochlann O Mearáin, Olwen Fouéré, Ruth McCabe, and Tommy Tiernan.
“Joyride” follows 12-year-old Mully (Reid), who, after fleeing his father, steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy (Colman), in the back seat with a baby. Joy has decided to give her child away to a friend, and Mully needs some distance from his debt-ridden dad, who’s after the cash Mully has with him. So the middle-aged mother and adolescent embark on a journey across Ireland — a trip that causes a bond to form between them.
Colman, who is...
The picture was directed by Emer Reynolds (“Songs for While I’m Away”) and written by Ailbhe Keogan (“Bad Sisters). The cast also includes Lochlann O Mearáin, Olwen Fouéré, Ruth McCabe, and Tommy Tiernan.
“Joyride” follows 12-year-old Mully (Reid), who, after fleeing his father, steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy (Colman), in the back seat with a baby. Joy has decided to give her child away to a friend, and Mully needs some distance from his debt-ridden dad, who’s after the cash Mully has with him. So the middle-aged mother and adolescent embark on a journey across Ireland — a trip that causes a bond to form between them.
Colman, who is...
- 11/14/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The presence of the much-loved Olivia Colman is likely to be the main draw for this drive through the familiar twists and turns of an odd couple road trip, and she is well matched by a charming debut performance from her young co-star Charlie Reid despite the film's uneven tone and reliance on sentimentality. Reid - who has the screen presence of a young Will Poulter and could well be on the way to a career - plays Mully. He's a 12-year-old scally with a heart of gold who is trying to stop his dad (Lochlann O'Mearáin) nicking the cash raised for a hospice in his dead mum's name.
When Mully, who it turns out is happy behind the wheel, leaps into the driver's seat of a taxi to outrun his dad, he discovers a drunk, Joy (Colman), sleeping it off in the back seat with her baby beside...
When Mully, who it turns out is happy behind the wheel, leaps into the driver's seat of a taxi to outrun his dad, he discovers a drunk, Joy (Colman), sleeping it off in the back seat with her baby beside...
- 7/28/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The protagonist of “Joyride” is named Joy. Joy is seeking a ride out of town. How charmed or irked you are by this rather rudimentary wordplay may also determine your receptiveness to this soft-hearted, high-spirited Irish road movie, which takes a chipper, sometimes openly cheesy approach to fraught emotional terrain. Charting the unlikely camaraderie between a self-sufficient 12-year-old boy and a spiraling middle-aged lawyer with a newborn baby — both seeking an escape of sorts from loveless lives in a drab County Kerry town — Emer Reynolds’ film weaves pretty freely between tonal lanes, as dictated by the blend of character-rooted intimacy and sitcom-like contrivance in Ailbhe Keogan’s script. “Joyride” needs some deft actors driving it, and it has lucked out: An up-for-anything Olivia Colman and scrappy newcomer Charlie Reid make for an unlikely but appealing buddy duo.
Colman, in particular, grants “Joyride” an outsize dramatic presence that a jaunty little...
Colman, in particular, grants “Joyride” an outsize dramatic presence that a jaunty little...
- 7/28/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
No matter how hard the able cast work, this putative heartwarmer can never escape the far-fetched contrivance of its central conceit
Olivia Colman does her best with this fundamentally silly, contrived and implausible movie: a road-trip heartwarmer, or maybe heartmicrowaver. She plays Joy, a solicitor in a small and close-knit Irish town, who has just had a baby, and the strains of being a single mum have brought her to an emotional crisis. One morning she is in the back of a cab with her newborn, about to hand her child over to her best mate who lives nearby for official adoption and then drive on to Kerry airport for a holiday in Lanzarote, clearly in deep denial about her own nascent feelings. But then her taxi is stolen – with mum and baby in the back – by runaway teen Mully (newcomer Charlie Reid) who jumps into the driver’s seat...
Olivia Colman does her best with this fundamentally silly, contrived and implausible movie: a road-trip heartwarmer, or maybe heartmicrowaver. She plays Joy, a solicitor in a small and close-knit Irish town, who has just had a baby, and the strains of being a single mum have brought her to an emotional crisis. One morning she is in the back of a cab with her newborn, about to hand her child over to her best mate who lives nearby for official adoption and then drive on to Kerry airport for a holiday in Lanzarote, clearly in deep denial about her own nascent feelings. But then her taxi is stolen – with mum and baby in the back – by runaway teen Mully (newcomer Charlie Reid) who jumps into the driver’s seat...
- 7/27/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
"You don't know how lucky you are to have had your Mam." Digital Spy has revealed an official trailer for an indie road trip drama titled Joyride, opening in the UK and in Ireland later this month. The film is a heartfelt dramedy about "train-wreck on an adventure" road trip film. Fleeing from his father, 12-year-old Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. Joy is on her way to an important meeting, and Mully needs to get some distance from his dad, who’s after the cash Mully has with him. The unlikely pair go on a journey across Ireland, gradually finding the friendship, love and learning, they never knew they needed, in each other. Olivia Colman stars as Joy, with Charlie Reid as Mully, plus Olwen Fouéré, Lochlann Ó Mearáin, and Ruth McCabe. This looks like a sweet,...
- 7/10/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Vertigo Releasing has debuted a brand new trailer for the Olivia Colman-led ‘Joyride.’
Fleeing from his father, 12-year-old Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. Joy is on her way to an important meeting, and Mully needs to get some distance from his dad, who’s after the cash Mully has with him. The unlikely pair go on a journey across Ireland, gradually finding the friendship, love and learning, they never knew they needed, in each other.
Directed by Emer Reynolds, the film stars Olivia Colman, Charlie Reid, Lochlann Ó Mearáin.
Also in trailers – Trailer drops for ‘Anais in Love’
The film is released on July 29th.
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Fleeing from his father, 12-year-old Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. Joy is on her way to an important meeting, and Mully needs to get some distance from his dad, who’s after the cash Mully has with him. The unlikely pair go on a journey across Ireland, gradually finding the friendship, love and learning, they never knew they needed, in each other.
Directed by Emer Reynolds, the film stars Olivia Colman, Charlie Reid, Lochlann Ó Mearáin.
Also in trailers – Trailer drops for ‘Anais in Love’
The film is released on July 29th.
The post Olivia Colman stars in trailer for ‘Joyride’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 7/6/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"A powerful man does not become so without sin." Rlj Entertainment has unveiled a second trailer for the indie action thriller Pilgrimage, set in Ireland during the 13th century. The story follows a group of monks who must escort a sacred relic across the "Irish landscape fraught with peril". Starring Richard Armitage, Tom Holland, John Lynch, Stanley Weber, Lochlann O'Mearáin, Hugh O'Conor, Eric Godon, plus the badass Jon Bernthal as a character named "The Mute". We already posted the first official trailer for this earlier in the year, but I'm glad to see another one reminding us that this is finally coming out soon. They're obviously playing up Tom Holland from Spider-Man: Homecoming, but the entire cast looks great. Here's the second official trailer (+ poster) for Brendan Muldowney's Pilgrimage, direct from YouTube: You can still watch the first official trailer for Pilgrimage here, to see even more footage from this film.
- 7/12/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"You will see the safe delivery of our holiest relic to Rome. Go with God." Rlj Entertainment has debuted a trailer for an indie action thriller titled Pilgrimage, set in the religious times of 13th century Ireland. The film is about to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this month, hence the release of the trailer to build extra buzz. The story follows a group of monks who must escort a sacred relic across the "Irish landscape fraught with peril". There's plenty of gnarly violence in this. Starring Richard Armitage, Tom Holland, John Lynch, Stanley Weber, Lochlann O'Mearáin, Hugh O'Conor, Eric Godon, plus the badass Jon Bernthal as a character named "The Mute". This actually looks pretty cool, consider me interested. Here's the first official trailer for Brendan Muldowney's Pilgrimage, originally from Yahoo: A small band of Catholic monks keep to a solemn routine on a remote Irish coast.
- 4/21/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Ahead of it's opening the Chicago Irish Film Festival at the end of the month, the first trailer for romantic comedy Poison Pen (via Scannain) has come online. Having a feel of classic rom-coms about it, Poison Pen, scripted by Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer follows Pulitzer Award winning author PC Molloy (Lochlainn O'Mearain) as he is blackmailed into working for a tabloid gossip magazine interviewing vain celebrities. Much to his horror, he finds himself becoming a celebrity, and attempts to get fired as a way of keeping his own secrets off the front page, all the while falling for his new boss. Check it out below. No release date has been given as of yet.
- 2/9/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Smells Like Screen Spirit & Sundance Selects invite you to enter for passes to our special advance screening of The Summit Monday, October 14, 2013 at 7:00Pm in Austin, TX. TheSummit-poster Synopsis: In August, 2008, 18 mountain climbers reached the top of K2. 48 hours later, 11 people were dead. While memorials paid tribute to those killed, there were also condemnations about ‘the why.' Why do these athletes risk everything to reach a place humans are simply not meant to go? With breathtaking cinematography and jaw dropping reenactments based on the testimony of those who survived the climb, this thrilling film is about the very nature of adventure in the modern world. Director: Nick Ryan Starring: Christine Barnes, Johannes Moser, Pasang Lama, Chhiring Dorje Sherpa, Pemba Gyalje Sherpa, Lochlainn O'Mearain, Tshering Lama, Niall Foley, Stefan Grossniklaus, Christo Mitzkov, Garrett Philipps Studio: Sundance Selects Release Date: October 4, 2013 (Limited), November 1, 2013 (Wide) Screening Info: October 14, 2013 at 7:00Pm Austin,...
- 10/4/2013
- by Dave Campbell
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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