Joy Ride | Australian Classification

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Mature Accompanied (MA 15+)

Strong crude sexual humour, coarse language, sex, drug use and nudity

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Joy Ride is a US comedy which follows four Asian-American friends as they bond and discover the truth of what it means to know and love who you are, while they travel through Asia in search of one of their birth mothers. The film's dialogue is in English with some subtitled Mandarin and Korean. As well as the original feature, this product contains behind-the-scenes featurettes, music clips and a deleted scene.

Themes

The film contains examples of strong crude sexual humour. It explores themes related to friendship and belonging within multicultural communities.

Violence

The film contains violence depicted as part of a film shown within the film.

Sex

The film contains frequent sexual references and some depictions of sexual activity, including a montage sex scene. There are examples of strong crude sexual humour.

Language

The film contains frequent and aggressive coarse language in the form of the word "f**k" and its derivatives, "pussy", "shit" and "bitch".

Drug use

The film contains strong drug use and comedic drug references.

Nudity

The film contains comedic close-ups of female genital nudity and artistic representations of genitalia.

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Industry details

Classification date

31 July 2023

Year of production

2023

Classification

MA 15+

Consumer advice

Strong crude sexual humour, coarse language, sex, drug use and nudity

Category

Films

Category detail

ACA

Media type

BluRay

Version

ORIGINAL

Duration

136 minutes

Director/Creator

Adele Lim

Producer

Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | Josh Fagen | Evan Goldberg | Teresa Hsiao | Adele Lim | Seth Rogen | James Weaver

Production company

Lionsgate | Point Grey Pictures

Country of origin

USA

Language

English | MANDARIN | Korean

Applicant

ROADSHOW ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD

File number

T23/20048

Classification number

CLAS-215271

Alternative titles

A Grand Adventure: Making Joy Ride | Adele Lim Director: A Siren Call To Hollywood | A Place of Joy - R Is For Representation | Never Too Much: A Comedic Lovefest | WAP Sing-A-Long | WAP Solo Cast Choreography

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