Director: Jeremy Ungar
A mother's cross-country drive to keep her family together sits at the center of Ride, a 2024 American comedy now streaming on K-Time.
What is Ride about?
When her son abruptly quits school and heads to California chasing a life built around surfing, a mother refuses to simply let him go. She sets out on a long drive across the country to reach him, hoping proximity and patience will do what arguments could not. Along the way the trip becomes less about pulling him back home and more about understanding why he wants a different life in the first place, and the film leans into the friction and humor of a parent trying to meet her adult child halfway instead of lecturing him. Director Jeremy Ungar keeps the tone light without losing the real anxiety underneath a parent watching a kid choose an uncertain path.
Cast & crew
Bella Thorne plays the mother making the trip, balancing comic timing with the underlying worry that drives the whole journey. Jessie Usher and Will Brill round out the cast in roles that push back against her plans and complicate the drive in ways that keep the comedy grounded rather than broad.
Context & significance
Ride is a 93-minute American comedy from 2024, directed by Jeremy Ungar. Its setup — a parent crossing the country to reconnect with a child who has upended his own plans — gives the film a familiar, relatable shape even as it plays the situation mostly for laughs rather than heavy drama.
Where & how to watch
Ride can be watched on K-Time with a free account login; reading this page requires no sign-in at all. The film includes Persian subtitles, so Farsi-speaking viewers can follow every scene in their own language, part of K-Time's broader commitment to a Farsi-first viewing experience for Iranian audiences abroad.