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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Larry Ryan

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Odes to joy

Olivia Colman and Charlie Reid in a car in the film Joyride
Olivia Colman and Charlie Reid in Joyride … Photograph: Vertigo Releasing

In the endless scroll of grim news, people need a bit of joy. And surely it can be found in an Irish indie comedy starring Olivia Colman. In Joyride (due out Friday) she plays Joy, a down-on-her-luck mother on a wild road trip across Ireland; newcomer Charlie Reid plays Mully, the scamp teenager who joins her. Also supporting is Olwen Fouéré.

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