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Starring: Emma Pasarow, Belmont Cameli, Kate Bosworth, Laura Kariuki, Andie MacDowell, Dermot Mulroney, Genevieve Hannelius, Samia Finnerty, Paul Karmiyran, Marcus Scribner, Ricardo Hurtado

OUR RATING: ★★★☆☆

Story:

Netflix romantic drama written and directed by Sofia Alvarez. Along for the Ride (2022) follows Auden (Emma Pasarow), who during the summer before college meets the mysterious Eli (Belmont Cameli), a fellow insomniac. While the seaside town of Colby sleeps, the two embark on a nightly quest to help Auden experience the fun, carefree teen life she never knew she wanted.

 

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'Life is long. It'd be pretty boring if we had to stay the same versions of ourselves the whole time.' - Heidi (Along for the Ride) Click To Tweet

 

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Auden: There’s this tradition at my school. Every year, on the Saturday after graduation, the seniors of Kiffney-Brown Prep break into the school’s bell tower, party at the top, and take turns ringing the bell for an hour. It’s a rite of passage that everyone looks forward to all year. To mark the end of the hour, they TP the tower. It’s actually kind of beautiful.


 

Auden: If this were an isolated incident, it’d be fine. But the truth is, I do this all the time. Which is why, instead of celebrating at the top of the bell tower with my classmates, I’m at home with my mom, and her colleagues, a bunch of old people.


 

Debroah: What are your plans for the summer?
Auden: I’m spending it with my father in Colby.
Victoria: She thinks that they’re going to bond.
Auden: Mom.
Victoria: It’s a judgment on your father, not you.


 

Auden: I know my mom doesn’t understand why I want to go to Colby, but it’s like I only know how to be one kind of person here. I’ve never done anything you can’t read about on my transcript. But maybe if I go to Colby, I can be someone else. Someone different. Or it will be exactly the same, and I can’t change. I don’t know, but I’m willing to bet the summer on it to find out.


 

Robert: [referring to his office] And before you say anything, I know. It’s a disaster area. But I bet you remember that from when I was working on Narwhal.
Auden: Got to say, Dad, in my memory of that time of our lives, the status of your office cleanliness is not exactly what comes to mind.
Robert: Yeah, because your parents were breaking up.
Auden: Something about that.


 

Auden: [as Jake is kissing her] Have you ever done something because you’re trying to be a different version of yourself, but once you’re in the middle of it, you think like, “Wow, this is so not me?”
Jake: You’re gay?
Auden: Oh, no. I mean, I don’t think so. I mean, it’s all a spectrum, right? But I was more talking about…
Jake: It’s okay, alright? Look, I’m not offended. You’re figuring this out, and that’s chill. But if you’re not feeling it with me, you’re probably not feeling it with dudes, because all the honeys love the Jake.


 

Esther: Look, don’t worry about Maggie. She’ll get over it. It’s just Jake is like her kryptonite. They were together for two years in high school, and they broke up right before graduation. It wasn’t her idea.
Auden: She was with that guy for two years? What’s the matter with her?


 

Eli: [referring to making her knock her coffee over] Will you let me make it up to you?
Auden: Are you making it up to me by taking me with you to do your laundry?
Eli: No. But while we’re here, I thought I might as well put some shirts in.


 

Auden: What is this? Vertical checkers?
Eli: You’ve never heard of Connect Four?
Auden: Should I have? Is it like a laundromat requirement?


 

Eli: You just won again. What are you, some kind of Connect Four hustler?
Auden: Beginner’s luck. But it is fun. I got to remember to do stuff like this more often.
Eli: What? Annihilate the competition in board games?
Auden: Not specifically. But, yeah, like kid stuff.
Eli: Kid stuff? What does that mean?
Auden: I don’t know. Like stuff you read about in books. Food fights. Trespassing.
Eli: Classic indoor kid, huh?


 

Eli: Okay, just to be clear. You’ve never been trespassing, or had a food fight, but like you do know how to ride a bike, right?
Auden: Yes, everyone knows how to ride a bike.
Eli: Just checking.


 

Auden: Would you maybe want to hang out again?
Eli: Why, you need a kid stuff guru?
Auden: What? No. Never mind.
Eli: Wait, wait. I’m sorry. I’m kidding. I mean, I’m kidding, but I’m serious.


 

Eli: Think of a bunch of stuff you haven’t done, and just start doing them. It could be like a quest.
Auden: A quest?
Eli: Yeah. Yeah.
Auden: That sounds ridiculous.


 

Auden: I tried to be a different person once this summer, and it was comically bad.
Eli: Yeah? Did it happen at the Tip?
Auden: Why do you ask?
Eli: In my experience, most comically bad scenarios take place at the Tip. I mean, with a name like that…
Auden: How could they not?


 

Eli: Will you think about it? The quest?
Auden: You seem awfully invested in my life for a stranger, Eli.
Eli: I already told you. Nobody’s a stranger in Colby. See you later, Vertical Checkers.


 

Auden: [referring to Eli] So you like know him?
Maggie: I think the real question is, how do you know him?
Auden: I don’t. I mean, I’ve met him.
Leah: Define “met”.


 

Maggie: [referring to Auden] Nothing’s going on with her and Eli.
Leah: How do you know?
Maggie: Think about it. When was the last time he had something going on with anyone?
Esther: Before Abe.
Maggie: Exactly.


 

Auden: Mini-golf? Is this your way of trying to spoon feed me the quest?
Eli: Yes, Vertical Checkers. That is a fun conspiracy.

 

'It's funny, isn't it? You look at your life, and you think, one decision, and it all would have been different.' - Heidi (Along for the Ride) Click To Tweet

 

Auden: [explaining why she didn’t go to prom] I guess I’m just not one of those people who thought high school is supposed to be this like big party. I was more interested in working hard so the rest of my life could be great.
Eli: Okay, but come on. I mean, even the kids who hate high school still go to prom. Unless you’re too cool for it, which is the vibe I’m getting from you.
Auden: It’s not that. It’s, I guess, I got stood up.


 

Auden: I couldn’t care less about prom.
Eli: Really? Are you sure?
Auden: Okay, fine. Maybe the one thing that sucked a little was the dress.
Eli: The dress?
Auden: Yeah. I was downtown one day, going to used bookstores, and I wandered into this store, and there was this dress on a mannequin that was just like so cool. You know, if I regret anything, it’s not being able to wear the dress. But prom itself? Yeah, pass.


 

Eli: You know, it’s a real shame you didn’t bring that dress, because it would have been perfect for the quest.
Auden: Eli, we’re not doing the quest.
Eli: Oh, Auden. Of course we are.


 

Eli: Sometimes I feel like all I’ve ever done is goof off. I even made a career out of it. I mean, for a minute.


 

Eli: I think that everyone deserves a do-over if they want it. You know? Wish I could have a do-over.
Auden: A do-over for what?


 

Leah: I hate when it rains.
Esther: Can’t be a beach day every day.
Leah: Why not?


 

Auden: [referring to the ponchos] Oh my God. These are awful.
Maggie: When you say stuff like that, you act like you’re speaking for everyone, when really, you’re only speaking for yourself.


 

Victoria: The thing about your father is he enjoys the performance of working arguably more than he does the actual work.


 

Auden: Heidi’s nice.
Victoria: Of course she’s nice. Women like her are always nice. They have to be. It’s part of the job description.

 

'Have you ever done something because you're trying to be a different version of yourself, but once you're in the middle of it, you think like, “Wow, this is so not me?”' - Auden (Along for the Ride) Click To Tweet

 

Auden: I’m starting to understand why, when you saw me, you thought, “Wow, I hate her.”
Maggie: Actually, when I first saw you, I thought, “I’m so depressed that cool, hot girl’s hooking up with my boyfriend.” I didn’t form an opinion on you until later.
Auden: Fair. That is fair.
Maggie: But what wasn’t fair was being so hard on you about the Jake stuff. I mean, you didn’t even know me.
Auden: Yeah, but I still feel bad.
Maggie: It’s okay. He’s a tool.
Auden: I’m not going to say anything.
Maggie: It’s okay. I’ve come to accept it. But at least he’s, you know, a hot one.
Auden: I’ll give you that. He’s a hot tool.


 

Leah: So what’s your snack profile? Maggie likes sour gummy bears. Cute, but with an edge, like she is. Esther wants jerky, because she’s a contrarian. And I’m a traditionalist and usually get a Snickers. What about you?
Auden: I’ll have a coffee, I guess.
Leah: A coffee? No. You need something with snack bang. Like what if we end up at the Tip later, and you’re starving? It’s not like you can get food at the Tip.
Auden: [referring to the B&G Apple Pie] Okay. How about this?
Leah: Old school, but I like it.


 

Maggie: [to Auden, after explaining how Abe was killed by a drunk driver] Eli was driving. After the funeral, he totally shut down. Now he’s like a ghost. Gave up his sponsorship, stopped riding. Works in the back of a shop doing repairs, and never hangs anymore. Which is why it was so surprising to us when he started hanging out with you.


 

Eli: So what was your favorite movie in the fourth grade? The Piano?
Auden: No. I don’t know. I liked Bye Bye Birdie.
Eli: Did you? Bye Bye Birdie the musical?
Auden: It’s for kids.
Eli: Yeah. Yeah, kids born in 1960.

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Auden: What about you busting out the Jane Campion reference? My mom would be so proud of you.
Eli: Yeah, well, when you don’t sleep, you watch a lot of movies.
Auden: And eat a lot of pie. Drink a lot of coffee.
Eli: Two nocturnes. Guess that’s why we’re pals.


 

Auden: I’m not like one of those kids who’s defined by her parents divorce. If anything, my life was probably better because they got divorced. Whose parents are still married anyway?
Eli: Mine are.
Auden: Right. But I mean, I’m sure you had other stuff to deal with.


 

Auden: [referring to Robert’s book] Three years ago, I would have been so excited to have him trust me with it. But I just realized I have absolutely no desire to read this.
Maggie: My dad’s always trying to get me to go fishing with him.
Auden: My dad would probably use me as bait.


 

Auden: [to Eli] I want to do it for real. I want to do the quest.


 

Eli: Next time, we should teach you how to ride a bike.
Auden: I already told you, I know how to ride a bike.
Eli: You sure?


 

Auden: Seriously, what would be on your quest list?
Eli: I used to want to move to Barcelona. But that’s never going to happen.
Auden: Why not?
Eli: I only wanted to go because a bunch of pro BMXers live out there.
Auden: Pro BMXers like you? Isn’t that what you told me before? That you made a career out of bike stuff?
Eli: Yeah. Yeah, but, you know, I’m retired.
Auden: You’re retired? At twenty?


 

Eli: I fix bikes now. I don’t need to ride them.
Auden: But you do ride them.


 

Leah: We need to have an intervention. You sneak out of here, every night, to go hang out with Eli, and you never tell us anything about it.
Auden: That’s not true.
Leah: The bare minimum, that’s what we get from you. We have no deets. A girl can’t live without deets.
Auden: I’m sorry, Leah. I don’t know what you want me to tell you. We’re friends.
Leah: Are you sure about that?
Auden: I don’t know. He’s confusing.
Leah: Okay, see? This is why you need us to observe the two of you together, and tell you what’s going on.


 

Auden: Can I admit something to you guys? I’ve never really had friends like this before.
Leah: See, you say that, but I don’t get it. I mean, there were people at our school way more awkward than you, and even they had friends. I mean, look at Esther.
Esther: She says stuff like that because she lives in fear of the day I wake up and realize I’m too cool for her.
Leah: Oh, yeah, because wearing fishnet stockings as arm warmers is so cool.
Esther: I did that one time, and I stand by it.


 

Auden: If I’m being honest, maybe without realizing it, I think I push people away. I think sometimes I come off as a little intense. What?
Esther: We’re not laughing at you. It’s just that it makes so much sense.
Leah: Like how you were standoffish at first. We thought you hated us.


 

Eli: You know about Abe. You were offering me pity friendship.
Auden: What? No. No, Eli. No. What happened to Abe, it wasn’t your fault.
Eli: It wasn’t my fault?
Auden: It wasn’t, and I…
Eli: Hold on. Hold on. Are you serious? Auden, do you why know I liked you? Because you didn’t say stupid s**t like that. What does that even mean?


 

Robert: She’s crazy. At least with your mom, when she was upset, I could tell. You know, with Heidi, one minute you’re thinking everything’s hunky-dory, and the next, you’re sitting at a coffee shop waiting for a room to be ready at a beach motel.
Auden: Come on, Dad. Even I could tell that everything wasn’t hunky-dory.
Robert: Well, you’re a woman. Women are more intuitive.
Auden: If one of your characters said that, you would say that that was lazy.


 

Auden: So you’re going to quit? You’re going to quit on your family, again? Because it’s hard?
Robert: Is that what you think I did, Auden? That I quit on you?
Auden: I don’t know what I think.


 

Robert: The truth is, and I’m telling you because I respect you, and I think you’ll understand, sometimes I wonder whether I was really meant to be a husband, or a father.
Auden: You know what, Dad? I take it back. I don’t think you quit on me. I think you didn’t even try.


 

Eli: If you know how to ride, show me. It’ll be fun. I promise.
Auden: Well, this doesn’t feel fun. This feels like a weird test.
Eli: Auden, you don’t have to be embarrassed.
Auden: Oh, I’m not embarrassed. I’m frustrated that you keep harassing me about this stupid bike.


 

Auden: Did you ever think that it might make me feel like, I don’t know, like a damaged loser? That I can’t do this thing that most kids dads taught them when they were five?
Eli: Auden, I thought that was the whole point.
Auden: To humiliate me?
Eli: No, obviously… No, to do the quest.
Auden: Eli, come on. The quest isn’t real. The quest, it’s a joke.


 

Auden: It’s just like this whole summer, you’ve been pushing me to be this whole new version of myself, but you’re too scared to be who you are.
Eli: Okay. And who am I, Auden? Who exactly do you think I am?
Auden: You tell me. Are you going to be someone who ambles around Colby, working in the back of a bike shop for the rest of your life?
Eli: Ambles around, okay.
Auden: Or are you going to ride professionally again, or move to Europe, or go to Barcelona?


 

Eli: I think, actually, I’m understanding you perfectly. I get it.
Auden: What do you get? I don’t understand.
Eli: Let’s see. Colby sucks. And Auden West is too good for Colby.
Auden: That’s not fair.
Eli: And now you’re freaking out because last night, you spent the whole night with some washed-up loser who isn’t even worthy of you. I got you.


 

Auden: Do you really think Abe would have wanted you to quit?
Eli: I’m not talking about that with you.
Auden: Yep, fine. Deflect. You know, I have enough of my own stuff to deal with right now. I can’t also be the thing you use to avoid thinking about yourself. I’m not Abe, Eli. I can’t be your do-over.
Eli: You’re right. You can’t.


 

Victoria: I know you went through a lot with the divorce. And perhaps I relied on you too much. I expected too much of you.
Auden: But I liked that you expected a lot of me. I expected a lot of myself.
Victoria: I don’t mean that, sweetheart. I mean, that I expected you to always be mine. That I wouldn’t have to share you, and that’s not fair.


 

Victoria: When you came down here, I felt like you didn’t need me anymore. And to be blunt, I was jealous.
Auden: I’ll always need you, Mom. I just need other people too.
Victoria: Of course you do.
Auden: I guess, I just wish that some things had been easier.
Victoria: Me too.


 

Heidi: It’s funny, isn’t it? You look at your life, and you think, one decision, and it all would have been different.


 

Heidi: Life is long, Auden. It’d be pretty boring if we had to stay the same versions of ourselves the whole time.


 

Maggie: [referring to Eli] Just go talk to him.
Auden: Okay, but what if he thinks it’s weird that I’m here?
Leah: Oh yeah. Because guys hate when girls they like show up to watch them win.


 

Auden: I’m really sorry about what I said the other day. I didn’t mean it.
Eli: You did, but it’s okay. You know, I needed to hear it. Look, I miss the hell out of Abe. I thought that if I stopped thinking about it, and if I gave up doing all the things he loved, that it would just go away. But it only made it worse, because, you know, all the things he loved were the things I loved too. He was just the best, man. I loved that kid so much.


 

Auden: [to Eli] That morning, me freaking out, it wasn’t about you, or us, or the night before. It was just some stuff with my parents. Turns out I’m not as over all of it as I thought.


 

Auden: Nice tux.
Eli: Oh, this old thing?
Auden: Where you going all dressed up?
Eli: I don’t know. I was thinking maybe I’d skip rocks, drink Cokes. Why, is that something you’d be interested in?
Auden: I mean, I’d love to, but I don’t have anything to wear.
Eli: Right. It’s a real shame you didn’t bring that dress to Colby with you.
Auden: Give me ten minutes.


 

Eli: What else you got planned for us?
Auden: Me? This is your rodeo.
Eli: Rodeo?
Auden: Yeah.
Eli: Do I look like a cowboy to you?
Auden: A little.


 

Eli: So are you sure you don’t miss the prom part?
Auden: Well, okay. Today aside, maybe I was a little hard on prom. Maybe there’s something nice about getting dressed up and dancing with your friends to mark the end of something.
Maggie: [as she turns up with Leah and Esther] I’m so glad to hear you say that.


 

Maggie: When Eli told us about his plan, I said, “Are you kidding? If my friend has never been to prom, she’s going to get a real one.”
Leah: The theme is Beach Bash.
Esther: We thought it was best to work with what we had.
Auden: Is this for real?
Eli: Do you hate it?
Auden: I so don’t hate it.


 

Eli: [as Auden reads from his postcard from Barcelona] Dear Vertical Checkers, I miss you already. You’d love it here. It’s so beautiful. The streets are perfect for riding, and they sleep during the day. Don’t let the quest end just because you have homework now. Bueno suerte, mi amor. Love, Eli.
Maggie: [we see they’re sharing a room at Defriese] Okay, you have read it five times. Can we please go to lunch now?
Eli: Yeah, let’s do it.

 


 

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