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This August, Peacock is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated release of the legal drama series, The Rainmaker, to the streaming release of Jimmy Warden‘s dark comedy thriller film Borderline. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Peacock next month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the seven best films that are coming to Peacock in August 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Argo (August 1) Rt Score: 96% Credit – Warner Bros.

Argo is a historical espionage thriller drama film directed by Ben Affleck from a screenplay by Chris Terrio. Based on the 1999 memoir by Antonio J. Mendez and a 2007 Wired article by Joshuah Bearman, the 2012 film is set in 1979 and it follows Tony Mendez, a CIA operative, as...

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This June, Tubi is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from two hilarious seasons of Community to the action-filled Taken trilogy. However, for this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Tubi in the next month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the ten best movies coming to Tubi in June 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Jaws (June 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97% Credit – Universal Pictures

Jaws is a thriller drama film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay co-written by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Based on Benchley’s 1974 novel of the same name, the 1975 film is set in a summer resort town, and it follows a police chief, a marine biologist, and a local fisherman as they team up to hunt a giant shark who has been killing tourists.

The box office record-breaking success of "Wicked" is once again proving the crowd-pleasing chops of Jon M. Chu, who had previously demonstrated them via the massive success of a certain swanky romantic comedy to which he was connected long before becoming its director. Based on the eponymous novel by Kevin Kwan, 2018's "Crazy Rich Asians" topped the box office in its release week and went on to gross over $239 million worldwide on a $30 million budget. It's safe to say that it's a movie with a lot of fans.

Thankfully, there are several other films you can queue up if you count yourself as one of those fans. Whether you're drawn to the perfectly executed rom-com plotting, to the Asian American representation, to the themes of familial displacement and culture clash between North America and Asia, to the snarky sense of humor, or to the ritz and sumptuousness of the wedding...

The 49th Annual Gracie Awards, hosted by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (Awmf) took place Tuesday, May 21 at the Beverly Hills Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The 2024 awards ceremony, hosted by Tamera Mowry-Housley, celebrated the remarkable achievements of women across countless media platforms. Legendary Carol Burnett was bestowed with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by castmate of “Palm Royale,” Kristen Wiig. Gold Derby’s Latasha Ford and Marcus James Dixon were on the red carpet to interview many of the honorees, presenters, and attendees.

Watch each red carpet interview below:

Lauren E. Banks (“Lawmen: Bass Reeves”)

Garcelle Beauvais (“Black Girl Missing”)

Kim Fields (“The Upshaws”)

Mayan Lopez (“Lopez vs. Lopez”)

Mary McDonnell (“The Fall of the House of Usher”)

Tamera Mowry-Housley (Host)

Danielle Pinnock (“Ghosts”)

Phylicia Rashad (“Diarra from Detroit”)

Amber Chardae Robinson (“Palm Royale”)

This year’s theme was centered on “Feminine Strength, both Large and Small,...

Legendary entertainer Carol Burnett will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s 49th annual Gracie Awards. The world-renowned comedian is still going strong at 91 years of age, having just won her seventh career Emmy Award for “Carol Burnett: 90 Years Of Laughter + Love.” The event will take place on Tuesday, May 21 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel located in Los Angeles, with the 2024 theme centered upon “Feminine Strength.” Tamera Mowry-Housley will host this year’s gala.

“Saturday Night Live” alum Kristen Wiig will present Burnett, her current “Palm Royale” co-star, with the prestigious honor. Additionally, Rachel Platten will perform during the 2024 Gracie Awards and Raegan Revord (“Young Sheldon”) will serve as the Digital Impact Ambassador for The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (Awmf).

Every year, the Gracie Awards recognize astounding achievements for women in media, entertainment and news across diverse backgrounds and various platforms. The ceremony serves...

Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, the leading film and television industry organization for Asian and Pacific Islanders, on Monday night presented its second annual Radiance Gala, celebrating the achievements of Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Non-Binary artists, artisans, and leaders in entertainment, presenting honors to actress Sandra Oh, the teams behind Lionsgate‘s Joy Ride and Hulu’s Black Cake, and more.

At the event held at at the Ebell in Los Angeles, Oh was presented with the Luminary Award by Jessica Yu, the director of her 20th/Hulu comedy Quiz Lady. Cast members of Black Cake, including Mia Isaac, Chipo Chung and Simon Wan, joined creator-showrunner Marissa Jo Cerar in accepting the Best in TV Award. Meanwhile, Joy Ride filmmaker Adele Lim was joined by writer-producers Teresa Hsiao and Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, and actors Sherry Cola and Desmond Chiam, in accepting the prize for Best in Film, presented by Baron Davis.

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

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Best Original Screenplay Past Lives, from left: Teo Yoo, Greta Lee, John Magro, 2023. © A24 / Courtesy Everett Collection

Weekly Commentary: Following its victories at the Golden Globes for best screenplay and the BAFTA for original screenplay, it appears almost inevitable that “Anatomy of a Fall” will secure the Oscar for its co-writers,...

Updated, 4:14 p.m.: Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment on Tuesday announced the honorees set for the second edition of its Radiance Gala, celebrating the achievements of Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Non-Binary artists, artisans and leaders in entertainment.

View the list and more information on the event below.

Honorees include:

Luminary Award

Sandra Oh

Julia S. Gouw Next Gen

Madeleine Yuna Voyles (20th Century Studios/New Regency’s The Creator)

Cindy Y. Huang Rising Star Award

Megan Suri (Neon’s It Lives Inside; Netflix’s Never Have I Ever)

Visionary

Fawn Veerasunthorn

Actor in TV

Sarayu Blue (Prime Video’s Expats)

Actor in Film

Ally Maki (Sony Pictures Classics’ Shortcomings; Seagrass)

Best in TV

Black Cake (Hulu)

Actors Mia Isaac, Chipo Chung, Simon Wan, Creator/Showrunner Marissa Jo Cerar are confirmed to attend.

Best...

Gold House and Cape (Coalition of Asian Pacifics) in Entertainment released the fourth annual Gold List, which spotlights outstanding work and talent within the Aapi community over the past 12 months.

“The Gold List was created to ensure awards seasons and mainstream society are up to date on the most worthy creative work — particularly work from communities that have been historically overlooked or excluded,” Jeremy Tran, executive director and chief operating officer of Gold House, said in a statement. “Every visible success leads to numerous unseen doors that are opened for new creative development, production, and distribution opportunities for these communities.”

Celine Song’s “Past Lives” leads the list which is voted on by the community’s industry leaders and used to guide voters during awards season. It received a nod for best picture, director and original screenplay for Song and performance in a leading role for Greta Lee. Teo Yoo...

After last awards season’s banner haul for artists of Asian descent, Gold House and Cape are hoping the community will strike gold again.

The two leading Asian Pacific nonprofits in the entertainment industry have revealed the results of their fourth annual Gold List, which draws attention to the top Api hopefuls in the awards race. “The Gold List was created to ensure awards seasons and mainstream society are up to date on the most worthy creative work – particularly work from communities that have been historically overlooked or excluded,” Gold House executive director and COO Jeremy Tran said in a statement. “Every visible success leads to numerous unseen doors that are opened for new creative development, production and distribution opportunities for these communities.”

Celine Song’s Past Lives tops the Gold List with four selections, plus an honorable mention, while May December’s Charles Melton, The Boy and the Heron...

Night two of the Creative Arts Emmys got underway at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Night one saw “The Last of Us” dominate the night with eight wins. “The White Lotus” and “The Bear” won four apiece, with “Beef” going home with three.

The evening focused on competition, unscripted and documentary programs. Hulu’s “Welcome to Wrexham” dominated the evening with five wins. “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” took home four Emmys.

Stephanie Filo made history as the first editor to be nominated in a single year for three different shows and the first Black female editor to be nominated three times in a single year. She won the Emmy for picture editing for variety programming for HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” alongside fellow editors Malinda Zehner Guerra and Taylor Joy Mason.

Speaking backstage about working with Robin Thede and on a show with a predominantly female cast and crew,...

Joy Ride is a raunchy comedy that explores questions of identity and friendship with outrageously hilarious humor and a deeply emotional journey. Screen Rant's exclusive clip highlights the importance of Asian representation in the raunchy comedy genre, with multidimensional characters that challenge expectations. Despite the difficulties they face, the bond between the four women in Joy Ride proves stronger, showcasing the power of friendship.

Screen Rant is proud to present an exclusive clip from the special features of the raunchy comedy Joy Ride. The movie follows a group of four young women on an excursion across China. Audrey, a high-powered lawyer, brings her childhood best friend Lolo, a struggling artist, on her business trip to China as a translator, along with Lolo's odd cousin Deadeye. The trio meets up with Audrey's college roommate, Kat, who has become a famous actress in China.

After Audrey's deal falls apart, she and...

“Joy Ride” is a 2023 American comedy directed by Adele Lim in her directorial debut, and written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao, based on a story by Lim, Chevapravatdumrong, and Hsiao. The film stars Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu, with Ronny Chieng, Meredith Hagnery, and David Denman among others.

The film achieves something quite difficult in pure comedy: naturalness.

Synopsis

Four Asian-American friends bond and discover the truth of what it means to know and love who they are while traveling through China in search of one of their biological mothers.

About the Film

A comedy about integration and cultural differences in a kind and enjoyable movie that is also funny. Without too many complications or gimmicks, these four comedians join forces in a road movie through China.

The film skillfully balances hilarity with emotion, making it a sure hit at the box office. As always in comedy,...

Joy Ride, directed by Adele Kim, joins the ranks of thrilling and wild friends' trip movies The Hangover and Girl's Trip. In the movie, friends, Lolo (Sherry Cola), Audrey (Ashley Park), and Deadeye (Sabrina Wu), travel to China for Audrey's business trip. Along the way, they meet up with Aubrey's old friend, Kat (Stephanie Hsu), and go on an adventure looking for Kat's birth mother. Joy Ride writers Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao's quirky and raunchy sense of humor shines throughout this comedy.

After proving that Asian actors were more than capable of carrying a movie to a massive box office haul with “Crazy Rich Asians” (which she co-wrote), Lim went in a much raunchier direction for her directorial debut. Her SXSW hit “Joy Ride,” which follows a group of four messy, oft-horny friends taking a trip to China to find one of their birth mothers, has earned plenty of praise for bringing a dose of diversity to the R-rated comedy space — but as it turns out, it could have been even wilder.

At a Q&a at the Directors Guild of America over the weekend, Lim spoke about the lengthy process of bringing her vision to the big screen. She recalled that the original script she co-wrote with Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao featured the four friends crossing a river on a water buffalo. While the scene was ultimately scrapped due to logistical concerns,...

As one franchise’s final adventure craters, another thrives as Insidious: The Red Door opened to a healthy $32.6 million knocking Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny off its perch to second place with just $26.5 million, representing a 56% decline.

Let’s start with the good, Insidious: The Red Door flew past expectations (including our own) to achieve the second best opening weekend in the franchise’s history (after insidious: Chapter 2’s opening of $40.2 million). Not just that, but now star Patrick Wilson can claim a number one finish for his directorial debut, something not all directors can do. What’s even more impressive is that this is the fifth film in a horror franchise proving Insidious is immune to the law of diminishing returns. To add even more praise to the film and its box office: the budget was a modest $16 million, meaning that in just its opening...

Summer is in full swing, and even as Hollywood’s actors circle a July 12 strike deadline, A-listers are finding reasons to celebrate and keep things hopping. While pink is sure to become the color of the season with “Barbie”‘s July 9 premiere, Ashley Park and Stephanie Hsu took a “Joy Ride” into theaters this week, Netflix brought its top chefs to cook for Angelenos and Arnold Schwarzenegger looked to rule the world of coffee table books.

“Joy Ride” Los Angeles Premiere

Regency Village Theatre, Westwood

Stephanie Hsu was all smiles at the “Joy Ride” Los Angeles premiere at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood. (Araya Doheny/Getty Images for Lionsgate)

Hitting the “Joy Ride” premiere was quite a jaunt for comedy lovers in L.A., as Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu brought some of her pals and costars to the center of Westwood for the fun. Joined by her fellow stars Ashley Park,...

There’s so much good in Joy Ride, but when you’ve got a screenplay from ace writers like Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao and a lead ensemble loaded with hugely talented comedic actors like Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu, Sherry Cola, and Ashley Park, there’s bound to be some gems that just can't be squeezed into the final cut.

If you’re like me, there comes a moment of truth in raunchy film comedies when you decide whether to fully join in the fun — or ride it out on the fence.

It often comes in a key early comic scene. Can they pull it off? If so you’ll be putty in their hands for two hours, ready to chuckle along no matter how gross it gets (think of that bridal dress fitting in “Bridesmaids.”) If not, you’ll shuffle uncomfortably on the sidelines, feeling rather like a prude.

In first-time director Adele Lim’s ebullient, chaotic, nothing’s-too-gross-if-it’s funny road comedy “Joy Ride,” that moment came for me when watching Ashley Park swallow a disgusting concoction in a drinking contest, pretending all’s fine as her insides erupt. Expert comic chops cannot be faked. Park had me from that guzzle (and cemented it later with her Gollum impression.

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Joy RideJoy Ride has several familiar faces in its cast, but its biggest surprise cameo has a special movie connection that makes it even better. Directed by Adele Lim from a screenplay by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao, Joy Ride has a stacked cast that includes Stephanie Hsu of Everything Everywhere All At Once. Following a group of friends on their trip to China, the characters have an unexpected adventure.

Joy Ride shakes up the raunchy comedy genre, adding depth by way of conversations about, and the exploration of, one’s identity. Ashley Park’s Audrey heads to China on a work trip, but what she ends up finding out about her birth mother in Joy Ride’s ending changes her outlook. Her journey is helped by someone who should be a stranger to her, but gives her access to her birth mother in...

Plot: Four friends travel across China in search of one of their birth mothers.

Review: In the year 2018 the film Crazy Rich Asians was released to near universal acclaim. The film became a cultural milestone as it not only was the first studio film to feature a mostly Asian cast in over 25 years but also because it was a bonafide hit, raking in $238.5 million against a $30 million budget, not to mention that it was actually a solid movie with some genuine laughs.

With that type of success, you would have expected to see a lot more Asian fronted films in its after math, but with the exception of a select few like 2018’s Searching featuring an awards worthy performance by John Cho, 2019’s The Farewell where Awkwafina won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy and last years multi-Academy Award winning Everything Everywhere All At Once,...

Raunch-coms live or die by their ability to make you go “Oh my god!” or “Ewwww!” or do a spit-take that spews popcorn over whoever is unlucky enough to be sitting in front of you. So you can give it up for Joy Ride, director Adele Lim’s variation on the road-trip-gone-awry story that doesn’t skimp on the holy-shit moments, or gags that actually make you gag a little bit. We don’t want to spoil anything for viewers, so let’s say that there could be bags of...

An adopted millennial lawyer, libidinous bestie, socially awkward cousin, and famed "good girl" actress embark on a raunchy road trip through China to find the latter's birth mother. Joy Ride gives an Asian female perspective to the sex-fueled, cocaine-snorting, and boozy antics usually seen in juvenile frat boy comedies. The gross-out gags intermingle with a heartfelt narrative about finding belonging in friends and family. The laughs come fast and furious until more subdued themes take hold. Not all of it works, but the film succeeds in being thoughtful and risqué.

In 1998 White Hills, Washington, Jenny (Debbie Fan) and Wey (Kenneth Liu) Chen scoff at their new neighbors while escorting young Lolo (Chloe Pun) to the playground. The Chens are initially offended when a White couple, Mary (Annie Mumolo) and Joe (David Denman) Sullivan, ask if they're Chinese. The mood changes when the Sullivans introduce their adopted Chinese daughter, Audrey (Lennon Yee...

Warning: This post contains major spoilers for Joy Ride Joy Ride’s ending ties up its storyline, sending the four friends on another trip, this time to Paris. Directed by Adele Lim from a screenplay by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao, Joy Ride follows best friends Audrey and Lolo as they venture to China. They’re joined by Audrey’s college friend Kat and Lolo’s cousin Deadeye, who all help Audrey try and find her birth mother. After Audrey is fired and gets into a fight with Lolo, she splits from the group. Audrey discovers her birth mother died, but her mother’s husband passes along a video she made should Audrey ever find her.

Sad about the outcome of their trip to China and South Korea, her job, and how she treated her friends, Audrey (Ashley Park) returns to the U.S. with a new outlook on life.

From Crazy Rich Asians to just “crazy good," Joy Ride is the best comedic ensemble film since Bridesmaids and The Hangover, and swings the pendulum so far opposite from almost any mainstream Asian narrative you’ve seen before.

Joy Ride follows four unlikely friends — Asian American adoptee Audrey, her longtime best friend, Lolo, Lolo's eccentric cousin, Deadeye, and Chinese soap opera star Kat — on an international adventure turned sideways.

Loosely based off actual "hot mess friends," screenwriters Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (Family Guy) and Teresa Hsiao (Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens) penned the script for Crazy Rich Asians co-screenwriter Adele Lim in her directorial debut here.

The film also stars Ronny Chieng (Crazy Rich Asians), Lori Tan Chinn (Awkwafina is Nora From Queens), David Denman (Greenland), and "thirst traps" Desmond Chiam (The Falcon and the Winter Solider), Alexander Hodge (Insecure), and Chris Pang (Crazy Rich Asians).

Adele Lim on the Joyful Ride...

The criticism around “Joy Ride” has swerved in an unexpected direction.

The Aapi-led R-rated comedy, which stars Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu as pals who set out on a wild and raucous trip through China, is executive produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. “Joy Ride” debuted at SXSW earlier this year, but first-time director Adele Lim is only now having to field racist criticisms of the film, as it hits wide release this week.

On Wednesday, Lim retweeted a tweet from film critic Jackson Murphy (aka Lights Camera Jackson) in which Murphy wrote that the film is “embarrassing and incredibly unpleasant” while also alleging that the comedy “objectifies men, targets white people.”

In her retweet response, Lim wrote, “Imma need ‘Objectifies men, targets white people’ on a t-shirt” followed by a series of prayer hands and crying-laughing face emojis.

Per the film’s official synopsis,...

Adele Lim's Joy Ride follows the story of an Asian American adoptee, Audrey, (Ashley Park) who heads to China to find her birth mother. She enlists the help of three friends, Lolo, Deadeye and Kat, and the four embark on what turns out to be a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery.

Joy Ride, Lim's directorial debut, has earned plenty of praise ahead of its theatrical release, but one critic recently took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the film. @LCJReviews called the film "embarrassing" and "unpleasant" adding "Like most modern adult 'comedies' it's raunchy simply to be raunchy, forgetting there has to be humor attached, and there's none of that. Objectifies men, targets white people. All shock value, 'look at me' attitude." Lim responded to the review, but opted for a comedic response rather than becoming defensive, writing: "Imma need 'Objectifies men, targets white people' on a tshirt.

From left: Sabrina Wu, Ashley Park, Stephanie Hsu, Sherry Cola in Joy Ride Photo: Lionsgate Comedies with strong studio backing are something of a rarity in theaters these days, which makes Joy Ride one of the funniest theatrical offerings in recent memory, almost by default. This is not to damn...

From left: Sabrina Wu, Ashley Park, Stephanie Hsu, Sherry Cola in Joy RidePhoto: Lionsgate

Comedies with strong studio backing are something of a rarity in theaters these days, which makes Joy Ride one of the funniest theatrical offerings in recent memory, almost by default. This is not to damn debut...

Joy Ride director Adele Lim is addressing a social media reaction to her Lionsgate film ahead of its theatrical release later this month.

Lim took to Twitter on Tuesday to weigh in about an unfavorable assessment from Jackson Murphy, whose Twitter bio describes himself as a film critic for 99.5 The River, an iHeartRadio station based in Albany, New York. Murphy’s tweet criticized the feature as “embarrassing” and “incredibly unpleasant,” along with adding about the movie: “Objectifies men, targets white people.”

In her response, Lim, who is making her directorial debut following writing credits on such films as Crazy Rich Asians and Raya and the Last Dragon, posted, “Imma need ‘Objectifies men, targets white people’ on a tshirt.”

Joy Ride, which hits theaters July 7, centers on a woman traveling across China to find her birth mother and was written by Lim, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao. The R-rated comedy premiered...

The underperformance of “Bros” this past fall has seemingly stoked a passion to reclaim the R-rated comedy’s place at the movies. “Joy Ride” is one of four rescue efforts being deployed this summer. Originally titled “The Joy F**k Club” – a wink at the 1993 benchmark for Asian American representation in mainstream film that it clearly aims to stand alongside – Adele Lim’s directorial debut, produced by “Superbad” writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, follows a mismatched quartet on their comically hazardous trip east.

Audrey (Ashley Park), adopted from China by white parents (David Denman and Annie Mumolo), has always experienced trouble belonging, even as a stellar student and now successful lawyer on the cusp of making partner. Aimless but effortlessly self-possessed, her best friend Lolo (Sherry Cola) is the opposite. Inseparable ever since a childhood skirmish with a playground bully, the two travel to China for a business deal...

Adele Lim's new girls' trip film, Joy Ride, is destined to join the ranks of iconic comedy movies like The Hangover and Bridesmaids. Complete with crude humor, raunchy sex scenes, and full-frontal, this movie is definitely not for everyone but it dives deeper than movies of its ilk while also not shying away from the kind of laughs that make these movies so good. As her directorial debut, it's clear that Lim put a lot of heart into the film, and alongside writers Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao, the movie is not only a riot but one that fully sinks into the characters who are at the center of this 95-minute film. The story follows Audrey Sullivan (Ashley Park), an Asian American woman who was adopted and raised by white parents, as she goes on a business trip to China with her best friend Lolo Chen (Sherry Cola). The...

Raunchy comedies are back, and they’re making a big splash. Following Jennifer Lawrence’s No Hard Feelings is Joy Ride, a genuinely funny and heartfelt film about friendship, identity, and not needing to be perfect. Directed by Adele Lim from a screenplay by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao, Joy Ride is the kind of film that will make you laugh and cry in equal measure. Bolstered by a fantastic ensemble cast, the road trip comedy isn’t afraid to get dirty, but it never forgets its heart in the process.

Audrey (Ashley Park) and Lolo (Sherry Cola) have been best friends since childhood, but they couldn’t be more different. As the only two Chinese American girls in their school at the time, Audrey and Lolo had each other’s backs. However, Audrey being adopted shaped her differently than it did Lolo, who grew up with her biological parents.

In Joy Ride, Audrey (Ashley Park) brings her childhood best friend Lolo with her to China for a business trip where they meet up with Audrey's college roommate and Lolo's eccentric cousin Deadeye. When the trip goes wrong, Audrey tries to salvage it by finding her birth mother with the help of her friends. The foursome runs into unexpected trouble along the way, growing closer and discovering more about themselves and each other while on this grand adventure full of debauchery.

Joy Ride is the directorial debut of Adele Lim, and it was co-written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao. Joy Ride stars Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu. Joy Ride is produced by Lim, Chevapravatdumrong, Hsiao, Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg.

Related: Joy Ride (2023): Release Date, Cast, Story Details, Trailer & Everything We Know

Screen Rant spoke with director Adele Lim about her new movie, Joy Ride.

A business trip to China goes completely awry, setting up debauchery and shenanigan-filled adventures for a group of friends in Joy Ride. In the hopes of salvaging her trip, Audrey (Ashley Park) goes on a quest to find her birth mother with the help of her childhood best friend Lolo, college roommate Kat, and Lolo's oddball cousin Deadeye. Over the course of this road trip across China, the four grow closer as their friendships evolve and they start to discover more about each other and themselves.

Joy Ride is the directorial debut of Adele Lim, who is best known for writing Crazy Rich Asians and Raya and the Last Dragon. Joy Ride is co-written by Teresa Hsiao and Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, but Lim co-created the story with them. Joy Ride is produced by Lim, Chevapravatdumrong, Hsiao, Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg. Joy Ride stars Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu.

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for the new “hard-r-rated” comedy “Joy Ride,” featuring Stephanie Park (“Emily in Paris”) and the recently Oscar nominated Stephanie Hsu of Best Picture “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” In theaters on Friday July 7th.

Rating: 2.5/5.0

Audrey (Ashley Park) is the adopted daughter of American parents, whose best friend growing up is Lolo (Sherry Cola). Audrey is a big time lawyer, and has to close a deal in Beijing, China, with party guy client Mr. Chao (Ronny Chieng). Lolo comes with her, but she adds to the trip her cousin nicknamed Dead Eye (Sabrina Wu). Once in China they meet up with Audrey’s college bestie Kat (Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu), and the gang starts their in-country misadventures.

”Joy Ride” is in theaters beginning July 7th. Featuring Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Sabrina Wu, Stephanie Hsu and Ronny Chieng, Screenplay by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao.

Joy Ride follows four friends, Audrey, Lolo, Kat, and Deadeye, as they take an unexpected adventure across China. After Audrey's business trip to China hits a speed bump, she tries to salvage it by finding her birth mother with the help of her childhood best friend, Lolo, her college roommate, Kat, and Lolo's odd cousin, Deadeye. Although things continue to hilariously go awry, the four grow closer, learning more about one another and themselves.

Joy Ride stars Stephanie Hsu, Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, and Sabrina Wu. Joy Ride is directed by Adele Lim in her directorial debut. The comedy is co-written by Teresa Hsiao and Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, with Lim co-creating the story with them. Joy Ride is produced by Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg under their Point Grey Productions banner, along with Lionsgate.

Related: Everything Everywhere All At Once Proves Stephanie Hsu Is A Star

Stephanie Hsu and Sabrina Wu...

Joy Ride follows Audrey (Ashley Park) on a business trip to Asia during which she must enlist the help of her friends Lol (Sherry Cola), Kat (Stephanie Hsu), and Deadeye (Sabrina Wu). Things do not go according to plan at all, and the friends and thrust into an epic, off-the-rails, wild, and crazy adventure.

This movie features a nearly all-Asian cast and includes several different members of the Lgbtqia+ community. Joy Ride steps outside the norm delivering a raunchy humor that viewers will laugh at, and a heartfelt story that might even cause them to shed some tears. Joy Ride comes to theaters on July 7th.

Related: Joy Ride (2023) Cast & Character Guide

Screen Rant caught up with Joy Ride writers, producers, and creators Teresa Hsiao and Cherry Chevapravatdumrong to talk about bringing multiple versions of representation to the screen in their new film. They also discussed the incredibly talented cast...

Sabrina Wu as Deadeye, Ashley Park as Audrey, Sherry Cola as Lolo, and Stephanie Hsu as Kat in ‘Joy Ride’ (Photo Credit: Ed Araquel)

Someone didn’t get the memo. A 10-year-old-ish boy sat down with his mom in my row at the press/word-of-mouth screening, and it took maybe five minutes before the woman sitting next to the mom filled her in on Joy Ride. I watched as she hit up Rotten Tomatoes for more info, watched the trailer, and then did right by her son – nearly sprinting out of the theater with 15 minutes to spare before the screening started.

Once Joy Ride began, the raunchy, wild and crazy, completely unfiltered hard R-rated comedy confirmed the mom’s decision was spot on. For the rest of us adults in the theater, what followed the opening minutes also confirmed Joy Ride is the best R-rated female-led comedy – and one of...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for The Afterparty, Joy Ride and They Cloned Tyrone.

Joy Ride premiere

Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu joined director Adele Lim, co-writers Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao, and producers Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, and Josh Fagen at the film’s Los Angeles premiere on Monday.

Sherry Cola, Sabrina Wu, Stephanie Hsu, Teresa Hsiao, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, Adele Lim and Ashley Park Josh Fagen, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weave

The Out-Laws premiere

Netflix hosted a special screening of its new comedy in Los Angeles on Monday, with stars Adam Devine, Nina Dobrev, Pierce Brosnan, Poorna Jagannathan, Michael Rooker, Blake Anderson, Lauren Lapkus, Lil Rel Howery, Laci Mosley and producer Adam Sandler.

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The tone of Crazy Rich Asians co-screenwriter Adele Lim’s directorial debut, Joy Ride, is more accurately conveyed by its working title, The Joy Fuck Club. The film falls squarely in the recent tradition of “women behaving badly” comedies like Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids and Malcolm D. Lee’s Girls Trip, with a handful of gut-busting, outrageous comic set pieces that push the boundaries of good taste. But alongside all the coke-fueled, outlandish sexual escapades and vagina tattoo jokes that allow Joy Ride’s four leads to smash the stereotype of the quiet, submissive Asian woman, we also get a heartfelt, if sometimes clunky, tale of cultural heritage and belonging that heads in surprising, and surprisingly complicated, directions.

The film initially follows Audrey (Ashley Park) and Lolo (Sherry Cola), childhood best friends who were also the only two Asian kids in White Falls, Washington. An early flashback neatly establishes their...

At first glance, Joy Ride seems to be ticking a lot of the same boxes as other contemporary comedies. An unexpected trip brings together a group of unlikely "friends" to take a journey of self-discovery. To succeed, these types of movies need to be able to follow the standard set-up with strong unique execution or risk being forgotten in a sea of similar releases. Luckily, Joy Ride absolutely nails it with a fully committed cast bringing the hilarious and heartfelt script to life. Taking a standard formula and making it their own, Joy Ride is an absolute blast.

The film focuses on Audrey (Girls5eva's Ashley Park), a young woman adopted as an infant from China and raised in an American household. Having spent her whole life teased by her best friend Lolo (Sherry Cola) for her perceived "whiteness," a business trip to China for her law firm gives her...

Adele Lim’s raunchy R-rated comedy “Joy Ride” premiered on Monday night, with an enthusiastic introduction from the star.

The film stars Ashley Park (“Emily in Paris”), Sherry Cola (“Good Trouble”), Stephanie Hsu (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) and newcomer Sabrina Wu as four friends who embark on a wild trip through Asia filled with personal and sexual discovery.

Lim, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao were inspired to write a story about modern Asian American women who defied previous on-screen stereotypes. “We did it not knowing if anyone who wanted to make it, thank you Point Grey!” Lim said in front of a packed house at the Regency Theater in Westwood. “We wrote it full of joy not sure if anyone wanted to pay for it; thank you Lionsgate!”

Hollywood’s Asian community and its supporters turned out for the premiere. Check out all the “Joy Ride” red carpet and afterparty photos below.

Spoiler Alert: This story includes minor spoilers for the upcoming R-rated comedy, “Joy Ride.”

Stephanie Hsu wants people to know that her big naked reveal in “Joy Ride” is hilarious, but it’s not her. “It’s a body double. Let me be clear and let my mother know,” the Oscar-nominated actor told me Monday at the film’s Los Angeles premiere.

“Joy Ride” is a raunchy R-rated comedy that stars Ashley Park as Audrey, a high-powered attorney who travels to China on business. Joining her on the trip are friends Lolo (Sherry Cola) and Deadeye (Sabrina Wu). Hsu plays Audrey’s college friend, Kat, who is now a Chinese soap opera star. The four find themselves in various bonker scenarios that include drugs, sex and even basketball star Baron Davis.

Hsu’s body double was used when it’s revealed that Kat has a massive genital tattoo. “When I...

Fresh off of a supporting actress Oscar nomination and other high-profile awards and nominations for Everything Everywhere All At Once, Stephanie Hsu is back on the big screen in a very different way.

Hsu stars alongside Ashley Park, Sherry Cola and Sabrina Wu in the raunchy friendship comedy Joy Ride, which she filmed before Everything Everywhere was released.

“In some ways I feel really grateful that this is the follow-up because I think after you’re nominated for an Oscar and you go on through that trajectory everyone’s like, ‘What’s next, what’s next, what’s next?’ and there’s a lot of weight,” Hsu told The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s Los Angeles premiere on Monday. “Especially after this film started really doing well with audiences I felt relieved that the pendulum is swinging so far in the other direction, it kind of breaks even the...

Joy Ride is a 2023 road trip comedy marking the feature directorial debut of Adele Lim, and details about the movie's release date, cast, story, and more are now available. The Joy Ride movie follows a group of four women who travel to China for work, to find lost family members, and to reconnect with their heritage. While it's Lim's first film as a director, her screenwriting experience includes the adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians and the Disney animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon. Lim also has many television producing credits to her name.

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Unlike most movies in the R-rated comedy genre, Joy Ride follows a cast of mostly Asian-American actors, and the writing team consists of Asian Americans Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao, both best known for their work on Family Guy. What Joy Ride has in common with the standout raunchy comedies...

Adele Lim is anxious to hear my recap of the previous night’s screening of Joy Ride when she pipes in from her home office in early June. Not only is it the screenwriter’s directorial debut, but it’s a bawdy, R-rated buddy comedy — the type of flick that rarely inspires the same reaction in a sparsely populated room of journalists as it does in theaters filled with friends. So she’s heartened to learn about the contagious laughter from one attendee. “You just need one unhinged bitch,” she says, “then everybody’s like, ‘Greenlight the party!'”

Lim, once a journeywoman TV scribe, has segued into film in a way that has made her a sought-after voice and even an accidental firebrand. Before her new film, one notably featuring four Asian American leads (three of them female and one nonbinary), the Malaysia-born mother of two co-wrote Disney’s...

Awkwafina is… searching for her first Emmy nomination. The multi-hyphenate star has seen her status as a performer and creative rise rapidly within the last few years but she has yet to receive the recognition a comedian of her talents might well deserve from the Emmys.

With “Awkwafina is Nora From Queens,” however, that could change. Created by Awkwafina and “Family Guy” and “American Dad” writer/producer Teresa Hsiao, this Comedy Central hit is a vehicle for Awkwafina’s star power. It follows Awkwafina as Nora, a fictionalized version of herself, who is a 20-year-old-something woman living in Queens, New York who longs for something better than she currently has. She finds herself in various situations, ranging from the aggravating to the bizarre, and has to deal with her family, too, led by her dad (Bd Wong) and grandma (Lori Tan Chinn). The show demonstrates Awkwafina’s unique comedy stylings...

The first trailer for Sony’s sex comedy No Hard Feelings, hitting theaters June 23, includes star Jennifer Lawrence consoling an ex by declaring she hasn’t forgotten him: “Last night, I thought, ‘I miss that fucker.’ ” Moviegoers might share similar nostalgia, recalling a not-long-ago era when studio offerings centering on ribald jokes would regularly play theatrically — before going missing.

This summer suggests a possible changing of the tide. As audiences return to cinemas post-pandemic, studios appear to be using the next few months as a testing ground for the theatrical return of the R-rated comedy. No Hard Feelings, about an awkward teen whose parents hire Lawrence’s character to date him, will later have company from Lionsgate’s Joy Ride (July 7), Universal’s Strays (Aug. 18) and MGM’s Bottoms (Aug. 25). Such projects are akin to horror films in offering viewers the experience of watching shocking moments with a group of like-minded strangers.

The working title for Adele Lim’s new comedy “Joy Ride” was “Joy Fuck Club.”

It’s a profane callback to “The Joy Luck Club,” a multigenerational family saga that broke ground. But if “Joy Ride” builds on the legacy set by that landmark 1993 film in that nearly all of its cast is Asian, the similarities between the two end there. “Joy Ride,” which was written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao, is bawdy and irreverent, more akin to “The Hangover” than to a prestige drama.

“I don’t think [the writers] realize how crazy they’ve made their own movie,” says Sabrina Wu, who stars in the film alongside Ashley Park, Sherry Cola and Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu. “Joy Ride” centers on Park’s Audrey, a lawyer who flies to China to close a deal and embarks on a madcap adventure to find her birth mother. Cola plays Audrey’s impulsive childhood best friend,...