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"Joy Ride"
(Reviewed September 19, 2001)
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I know this will sound hard to believe, because you will be thinking from the advertising that this movie must be a piece of schlocky teenage junk, but "Joy Ride" is terrific!
It has a slow start, but once "Joy Ride" gets up to speed it is every bit as suspenseful and adrenaline-triggering as the movie it most closely resembles: Steven Spielberg's classic "Duel." Like that film, "Joy Ride" essentially is the story of a car pursued by a maniac. It also includes the staggeringly beautiful, long-and-lean, big-busted teen-dream actress Leelee Sobieski, who gladdens the hearts of every male viewer by forgetting to wear a bra for the duration. Life is sweet!
There are a couple of dumb plot points, but so what? "Joy Ride" moves fast, it's so tense it is thrilling, and it even looks good (with more than one shot evoking, of all people, David Lynch--and when was the last time you saw him evoked by an action movie?).
Don't take my word for it. Go!
Back Row Grade: B+
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