Ride

Ride (2014) is a comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM. Helen Hunt directs and stars as Jackie, a sharp New York book editor used to running her son's life. Then Angelo (Brenton Thwaites) drops out of college, heads for California and announces he wants to be a surfer.

So Jackie flies after him to fix what she sees as a mistake. What waits on the coast isn't an obedient kid but the ocean, a board, and a laid-back instructor named Ian (Luke Wilson) who dares her to paddle out herself. From there the helicopter-mom comedy slowly turns into a quiet story about a parent learning to let go. Hunt is what holds it together — her Jackie is prickly and funny without tipping into caricature, and she genuinely changes over ninety-odd minutes. An easy, warm watch for a night when you want sun, salt water and gentle humor with no melodrama. Stream Ride (2014) online on iFILM.