Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

2freensel I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

steveh46 I obviously didn't find this as bad as many reviewers here did. I thought it started off well with Maguire and Wilson Cruz playing kids just out of high school stuck in a nowhere town with nothing to do and no future. The very hot Tanya is staying in the dumpy motel Maguire runs with his dad while her father pimps her out to blackmail men he brings back to the motel to have (never consumated) sex with her. So far so good. Then the lethal, beautiful female assassin also staying at the dump makes a mistake, leaving her latest victim in the trunk of her car. Maguire and his two friends boost it, dump the body in the lake, then kick the crap out of some crackers. From here on it's all downhill. Ms. Smith (the assassin) proves too emotionally attached to her car to just walk away and get out of town. She keeps ineffectually threatening the kids while Benicio barely bothers to even try to appear to care he's supposed to be playing a detective in this movie. None of this makes any sense. The ending is ludicrous as Maguire, who's supposed to be flat broke, has the car repainted and adds on new tires. All this in an attempt to cover up the fact that this isn't the same car used throughout the earlier parts of the movie. In a final non sequitor, the assassin blows up the car she's hung around town to retrieve at risk of arrest for double murders.Wilson Cruz is good, Maguire isn't terrible in an underwritten part, Amy Hathaway brings her role off. Most of the other actors don't have much to work with, even Adam West as the hotties pimp dad. Benicio has no excuses though.

H_Spengler I watched this the other night purely because there was nothing else on. I am actually dumbfounded as to how inanely bad this movie is. The sad part is, almost ever actor in here has been in much better movies. Tobey Maguire(Cider House Rules, Seabiscuit), Wilson Cruz (Party Monster), and perhaps the biggest shame of them all Benecio Del Toro (Traffic, The Way of the Gun).The acting was god awful, the script was absolute messy non sense, the story: b o r i n g and it made no sense. I've seen better films from student filmmakers.Look I know that every actor has to cut his acting chops on something but there are thousands of better ways to do it than this film, which felt more like a cheap low budget porno with a she-assassin and a few cops thrown in on the side. Not one character in this convoluted mess reacts like anyone would in real life to the situations they find themselves in. For example: I'd be pretty freaked out if I found a dead guy in the truck of a car, Tobey and company look at him as though he's nothing more than a spare tire. Seriously not one yelp. The only actor who even attempts to do anything resembling acting is Del Toro as your stereotypical police detective, and he's not in the film nearly enough I suppose that's good for his resume though considering. Avoid at all costs!!

ChristinaWeston I watched this film as a bet that I couldn't get through the full hour and a half. But I did, and now I can warn you. It's absolutely amateur and filled to the brim with continuity errors, but it is oh so much fun. Tobey Maguire's accent is strangely evolving throughout the film, but makes for a fun guessing game on what he's trying to accomplish. Benicio del Toro is absolutely careless, but he could very well be the best part of the whole thing. If you must watch it, be wary of some strange nudity and don't worry when the screen becomes blurry; that isn't your tired eyes unable to focus, that's the "cinematography." Also, watch the level in lighting to see how quickly day and night alternate throughout those precious 93 minutes.

Melissa_In_RanchoCucamonga It's not often that we get to see a film that's not been overly polluted by some studio executive's zeal for profit. To be fair, Joyride is a bit rough in places. I agree with someone else's comment about the lack of clarity in the screenplay at times. But the production company, Trillion Entertainment, focuses on projects that are unique and even a bit risky. We all have to start someplace, and Trillion seems to realize this. They target new talent both in front of and behind the camera, and that in itself is a rarity. Look past the film's flaws, and you may be pleasantly surprised. Maguire, Del Toro and others associated with this film have since gone on to succeed elsewhere perhaps because they had an opportunity to fly with the unconventional here. It's gratifying to see that Joyride is its own film, and despite its weaknesses, emerges as a bold and edgy trip that's anything but the same old thing.