‘Joy Ride’ Review: Adele Lim’s Risqué Debut Starring Stephanie Hsu And Ashely Park Examines Act Of Self-Discovery In The Midst Of Sex, Drugs, And Partying – SXSW
deadline.comAdele Lim’s debut film, Joy Ride, will make you cry your eyes out, in addition to showing the audience that women know how to party hard.
Written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong & Teresa Hsiao, the film stars Ashley Park, Stephanie Hsu, Sherry Cola, and Sabrina Wu as four friends on a global adventure of self-discovery – but also drugs, sex, and comedy.
I expected nothing less from a movie that was originally titled Joy F**k Club, which I find hilarious. Audrey (Park) is an adoptee growing up in an all-white household, and Lolo’s (Cola) parents just moved from China.
Their friendship starts on the playground when Audrey is approached by a bully and Lolo punches him in the face. As adults, one is now an overachieving workaholic lawyer on the verge of a promotion, and the other is a slacking artist who makes art out of human private parts, looking to sell her pieces to the highest bidder.
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