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  2. Jul 7, 2023 · The film — penned by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, Teresa Hsiao and Adele Lim, who also directed — features four Chinese-American friends who travel to their ancestral homeland and chaos ensues. The...

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  3. Jul 7, 2023 · Beyond crude humor, “Joy Ride” also pokes fun at Audrey’s identity crisis, using it as a springboard for pointed self-criticism and sharp cultural commentary. One of the movie’s sharpest sequences occurs when Audrey is fooled by a white American, a drug dealer desperate to hide her goods.

  4. Jul 7, 2023 · Joy Ride’ is not based on a true story. The raunchy yet thought-provoking tale of friendship and self-discovery can be credited to the combined efforts of Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, Teresa Hsiao, and Adele Lim.

  5. Plot. Audrey Sullivan, a Chinese adoptee with white parents, Joe and Mary Sullivan, lives in White Hills, Washington, with her childhood best friend, Lolo Chen. Audrey is an overachiever who works as a lawyer at a prestigious firm, while Lolo struggles to make ends meet with her sex-positive art.

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  6. Jun 15, 2023 · What Is Joy Ride About? Who Is Making Joy Ride? When and Where Did Joy Ride Film? The battle for greater Asian representation in modern Hollywood has been long fought, with only recent years...

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  7. Jul 7, 2023 · Learn more. Joy Ride: Directed by Adele Lim. With Debbie Fan, Kenneth Liu, Annie Mumolo, David Denman. Follows four Asian American friends as they bond and discover the truth of what it means to know and love who you are, while they travel through China in search of one of their birth mothers.

  8. Jun 25, 2023 · The Joy Ride movie follows a group of four women who travel to China for work, to find lost family members, and to reconnect with their heritage. While it's Lim's first film as a director, her screenwriting experience includes the adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians and the Disney animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon.

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