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Joy Ride
2001
· Movie
· 98 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3128
- IMDb #3172
- Google retired #3200
- Rotten Tomatoes #2435
- Metacritic #1417
- Letterboxd #3426
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2487
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2896
- Metacritic Critics #1036
- Metacritic Audience #2350
- Criticker #2536
- Kinopoisk #2834
- AlloCiné #3642
- Trakt #3561
Every rating
40–75
out of 100
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Lowest is Criticker on 40, highest is Metacritic critics on 75.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two brothers and a friend are driving cross-country when one of them plays a cruel prank on a lonely trucker over their CB radio. The prank backfires spectacularly, and the trucker, known only as "Rusty Nail," begins to stalk them relentlessly, turning their road trip into a fight for survival.
Details
- Director
- John Dahl
- Writers
- Clay Tarver, J.J. Abrams
- Studio
- Regency Enterprises, Bad Robot
- Released
- 5 October 2001
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $23.0M
- Box office
- $36.6M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2002 | Best Wide-Release Film | Joy Ride | Nominee |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2002 | Best Score | Marco Beltrami | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2002 | Best Action, Adventure, or Thriller Film | Joy Ride | Nominee |
| Golden Schmoes Awards 2001 | Best Horror Movie of the Year | Joy Ride | Nominee |
| Golden Schmoes Awards 2001 | Most Underrated Movie of the Year | Joy Ride | Nominee |
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Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
2 nominations
| Best Score | Marco Beltrami | Nominee |
| Best Wide-Release Film | Joy Ride | Nominee |
Golden Schmoes Awards
2 nominations
| Best Horror Movie of the Year | Joy Ride | Nominee |
| Most Underrated Movie of the Year | Joy Ride | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Action, Adventure, or Thriller Film | Joy Ride | Nominee |