When the bolder Lolo makes mincemeat of a white racist bully in the park, the girls launch a lifelong friendship.īack to the present. We first meet Audrey as a child in suburban Washington state, the adopted daughter of white parents who delightedly welcome Lolo, from a Chinese family, as a playmate for their daughter. A viewer's gross-out tolerance may vary what unites is the laughter. But each of her co-stars - comic Sherry Cola as a cheerfully profane, struggling artist, Sabrina Wu as her awkward, K-pop obsessed cousin, and a fabulous Stephanie Hsu as a soap opera diva - pulls their weight in comedy gold. Park, playing an ambitious and uptight lawyer, has the trickiest job, being funny while remaining the narrative center, and tasked with making us not only laugh but cry. Yet the impressive thing about “Joy Ride,” a comedy that more than earns its R rating - folks, it features a vaginal tattoo in full-frontal glory - is that there are similar moments for each of the superb quartet of actors that make this film buzz along.

Park had me from that guzzle (and cemented it later with her Gollum impression.) In first-time director Adele Lim’s ebullient, chaotic, nothing’s-too-gross-if-it’s funny road comedy “Joy Ride,” that moment came for me when watching Ashley Park swallow a disgusting concoction in a drinking contest, pretending all's fine as her insides erupt. Can they pull it off? If so you’ll be putty in their hands for two hours, ready to chuckle along no matter how gross it gets (think of that bridal dress fitting in “Bridesmaids.”) If not, you’ll shuffle uncomfortably on the sidelines, feeling rather like a prude. It often comes in a key early comic scene. If you’re like me, there comes a moment of truth in raunchy film comedies when you decide whether to fully join in the fun - or ride it out on the fence.

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