Ride (2014)

A mother travels cross-country to California to be with her son after he decides to drop out of school and become a surfer.

Director:

Helen Hunt

Writer:

Helen Hunt (screenplay)

Stars:

Helen Hunt, Brenton Thwaites, Luke Wilson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Helen Hunt	...	Jackie
Brenton Thwaites	...	Angelo
Julie Dretzin	...	Joanna
Jay Russell	...	Maitre 'D
Jordan Lane Price	...	Marywald
Willie C. Carpenter	...	Doorman (as Willie Carpenter)
Richard Kind	...	Boss
Makena Lei Carnahan	...	Young Girl on Plane
Jay Huguley	...	Co-Worker
Robert Knepper	...	Peter
Leonor Varela	...	Danielle
Amberly Rose Echeverry	...	Makena Lei
Evan Williams	...	Brad
Keith Ewell	...	Flight Attendant
David Zayas	...	Ramon

Storyline

A mother travels cross-country to California to be with her son after he decides to drop out of school and become a surfer.

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Plot Keywords:

surfer | aspiring writer | beach | pacific ocean | book editor | 

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Taglines:

When her son dropped out, she dropped in.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

The restaurant where Angelo (Brenton Thwaites) tells the other writer that he's so lucky to be writing in a place like this is "Neptune's Net" which also was in a scene from The Fast and the Furious (2001). It also appeared in Point Break (1991).

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Helen Hunt/Jesse Eisenberg/My Morning Jacket (2015)

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Soundtracks

Sayin Hey
Performed by Justine Bennett
Written by Justine Bennett, Chris Seefried

User Reviews

Interesting mother-son relationship

My impression is nearly everyone is responding to this in stereotypical ways - seeing the mother as impossibly overbearing and interfering.

Actually mother and son have a great relationship. They argue intensely and in detail about what his stories should be like - and about life and their relationship in general. This is very well portrayed. And most of us should be so lucky to have such a relationship.

So she takes it too far - but hardly in a Tennessee Williams way. And they argue intensely about that too, and work their way to a successful conclusion.

Sure, it's all a little too Hollywood pat and neat in the end.

But you have an unusual portrait of an unusual and very good mother-son relationship - and a very passionately involved mother. She's very OK.

I enjoyed it a lot.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 May 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ride

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,489

Company Credits

Production Co:

Priority Pictures, Sandbar Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color