Synopsis
Overbearing mom, Jackie, travels cross-country to be with her son, Angelo, after he drops out of college to become a surfer. She meets a surf instructor who convinces her to try to accept her son's wishes and allow him to follow his dreams.
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Cast
- Helen HuntJackie
- Brenton ThwaitesAngelo
- Luke WilsonIan
- David ZayasRamon
- Elizabeth Jayne StillwellBlanche
- Robert KnepperPeter
- Leonor VarelaDanielle
- Callum Keith RennieTim
- Julie DretzinJoanna
- Jay RussellMaitre 'D
Recommendations
- 80
TheWrap
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. - 75
New York Post
Ride sounds a bit like a Lifetime movie, but in Hunt’s capable hands it’s a brisk, funny and touching comedy for boomers. - 60
Village Voice
There's a wry sweetness to this picture. - 60
Screen Daily
Ride is at its best and most authentic in its final chapter and an inconclusive resolution, but not so sure-footed in how it gets there. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
By turns deft and clumsy, inspired and insipid, Ride is a deeply sincere mess of a comedy. - 50
Variety
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. - 50
Observer
There are good things in it, but Ms. Hunt is smart, observant and bright enough to make films that resonate with more freshness than this. Maybe next time. - 42
The A.V. Club
Hunt’s writing isn’t exactly knocking off Woody Allen (her characters do send text messages, after all), but it shares with Allen a peculiar, stylized imitation of how New Yorkers supposedly sound.
