Ride
Description
In her sophomore directorial effort, Academy Award-winner Helen Hunt plays Jackie, a high-strung New Yorker editor who must learn to let go, and in the process, learn to surf. With strong support from Luke Wilson, Brenton Thwaites and David Zayas, Ride is an effervescent coming-of-age surf movie with no shortage of hijinks. In this film that oscillates between taut drama and screwball comedy, Jackie follows her son Angelo (Thwaites, The Giver) to Venice Beach after he drops out of college to find his own path in the waves of Southern California. Accompanied by her hired driver Ramon (Zayas, Dexter), Jackie stalks her son day and night to figure out what could be more appealing than being close to her in New York City. Jackie’s mission to reclaim Angelo has unexpected ramifications not the least of which are romance with surf instructor Ian (Wilson) and the realization that she must come to terms with her painful past in order to do right by her son. —Nick Rahaim
Academy Award-winner Helen Hunt is an actor, director and screenwriter. As an actor, she won an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy for Mad About You, a Best Actress Oscar for As Good as It Gets and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for The Sessions. She made her feature writing/directing debut in 2007 with Then She Found Me.
Trailer
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Language English
Year 2015
Runtime 93
Country USA
Director Helen Hunt
Producer Lizzie Friedman, Greg Little, Karen Lauder, Helen Hunt, Moon Blauner
Writer Helen Hunt
Editor William Yeh
Cinematographer Jas Shelton
Music Julian Wass
Cast Helen Hunt, Brenton Thwaites, Luke Wilson, David Zayas