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- 2015
- R
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 33 m
- 2015
- R
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 33 m
Summary A mother (Helen Hunt) travels cross-country to California to be with her son (Brenton Thwaites) after he decides to drop out of school and become a surfer.
Directed By: Helen Hunt
Written By: Helen Hunt
- 2015
- R
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 33 m
- 2015
- R
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 33 m
Ride
48
5.3
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Summary A mother (Helen Hunt) travels cross-country to California to be with her son (Brenton Thwaites) after he decides to drop out of school and become a surfer.
Directed By: Helen Hunt
Written By: Helen Hunt
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
48
20% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
73% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
7% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
48
20% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
73% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
While initially playing like a fish-out-of-water (or, more specifically, into-the-water) rom-com, Hunt’s Ride winds up being surprisingly satisfying, a film with the guts to talk about the things that really matter underneath what could have been a glib, shallow version of the same tale.
Ride sounds a bit like a Lifetime movie, but in Hunt’s capable hands it’s a brisk, funny and touching comedy for boomers.
User Score
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Based on 6 User Ratings
5.3
17% Positive
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67% Mixed
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4 Ratings
17% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 6 User Ratings
5.3
17% Positive
1 Rating
1 Rating
67% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
17% Negative
1 Rating
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There's a wry sweetness to this picture.
Hunt seems to confuse fast-talking with crackling banter, and the mother-son bond is way ickier than it is cute.
Where the film falters is in the writing of its central relationship: That Jackie and Angelo love each other fiercely doesn’t make their interactions any less hard to take, and Australian newcomer Thwaites (“Maleficent,” “Son of a Gun”), despite his ample charisma and pitch-perfect American accent, can’t quite get past his character’s callow, whiny affect.
As an instructional movie on the sport, Ride offers some useful tips, but beyond that, it feels like a slightly bizarre vanity project.
Throughout, Helen Hunt obsequiously tends to her character's evolution as a parent through a flagrant indulgence of sitcom-ish scenarios.
Production Company
Priority Pictures,
Sandbar Pictures
Release Date May 1, 2015
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating R
Tagline When her son dropped out, she dropped in.
