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In 'Joy Ride,' stars Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Sabrina Wu and Stephanie Hsu demonstrate that Asian Americans can steer a raunchy R-rated comedy, too.

Back in 2004, Asian-American dudes were spotlighted in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. It should not have taken almost 20 years for Asian-American women to get their own raunchy, horny, outrageous sex comedy. However, now that Joy Ride opens this week, I’m happy to report that it fully warrants being compared to

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Four friends travel to China in a trip that goes off the rails in this terrific comedy.

"Joy Ride" director Adele Lim gave a humorous response to a critic who labeled her directorial debut "incredibly unpleasant." Unjoyful tweet: The critic, Jackson Murphy of Lights Camera Jackson, took to Twitter to express his discontent with the R-rated film and accuse it of "objectifying men" and "targeting white people." "#JoyRide is embarrassing.

The “Let’s do another ‘Bridesmaids’” energy is strong in “Joy Ride,” a road-trip comedy that peaks early and feels guilty of trying too hard thereafter. Built around a predominantly Asian-American cast, it’s so determined to be crude and edgy that while its friendship dynamic lingers, its initial cleverness gets left in the rear-view mirror.