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Universal acclaim- based on 53 Ratings

  • Starring: Leelee Sobieski
  • Summary: A contemporary thriller that finds darkness laced with humor in the heartland of America. (20th Century Fox)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 31
  2. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Turns out to be the most unnerving film of the year. Easy.
  2. 80
    Director John Dahl ("Red Rock West," "The Last Seduction") has a pronounced knack for snap reversals and out-of-the-blue shocks.
  3. 80
    The kicker is that Joy Ride is funny, too. In fact, it would be a superbly frightening entertainment if not for the way Dahl fixates, disturbingly, on sadistic details.
  4. 60
    Pure, irrational, claustrophobic, gritty, unpretentious.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 36
  2. Negative: 2 out of 36
  1. snekir.
    7
    Brilliant (also their official cite) but it is litlle predictive.
  2. Quite a few scenes in this movie were edge of your seat, nail biting moments. The movie unraveled, with hills and valleys, pretty well until the end. For some reason this movie got my adrenaline going and then I fell a little flat. I had to ask myself if 5 minutes of the film was strong enough to disappoint me after watching the previous hour and a half? I think, yes. Collapse

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