This spicy, underrated comedy starring an Emily in Paris star will premiere on a new streamer next month

The 2020s blessed theaters with many raunchy comedy hits, from Jennifer LaurentIt’s uncomfortable but wild No hard feelings to the famous black comedy for teenagers Down with Rachel Sennot And Ayo Edebiri. However, among the hottest is the director Adele Lim and writers Chevaravatdumrong Cherry And Teresa Hsiaothe explicit and unapologetic road trip feature of Tower of joy. Released in 2023, the film features Emilie in Paris regular Ashley Park And Nobody wants that star Sherry Cola as childhood best friends on a business trip to Asia that derails into debauchery… and a surprising amount of self-discovery. As of November 1, this couple, as well as Stephanie Hsu And Sabrina Wuis about to reintroduce itself and warm up the atmosphere once again on Netflix.

Tower of joy originally premiered out of SXSW and immediately became a hit for its blend of chaotic, raunchy humor and heart. Currently, it holds a Certified Fresh 90% from critics and an 83% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, earning major plaudits from, among others, the Oscar-winning film. Anora director Sean Baker. Collider Therese Lacson gave it a B+ in its review at the time, saying it was “not only full of ribald comedy, but it’s a wholesome story about friendship, which is the basis of these types of films.” Despite all the praise, Lim’s first R-rated adventure film failed to draw much of the audience into theaters and grossed just under half of its reported $32 million budget, with a worldwide box office haul of $15.8 million.

Park leads the film as Audrey, a rising lawyer at a prestigious law firm who has a chance of getting a promotion to partner if she flies to China and strikes a deal with a potential business partner (Ronny Chieng). To make the most of the trip, she brings along her longtime friend Lolo (Cola), her K-pop obsessed cousin Vanessa aka Deadeye (Wu), and, after an altercation in Beijing, her close college friend turned actress Kat (Hsu). However, when the businessman insists on meeting Chinese adoptee Audrey’s biological parents, what should have been a simple meeting turns into a life-changing journey across China, involving run-ins with drug dealers and sexual adventures with the basketball star. Baron Davisand lots of bonding and learning about what it means to love yourself.

Will “Joy Ride” ever have a sequel?

The lackluster box office returns almost without guaranteeing that another Tower of joy with Park, Cola, Hsu and Wu is unlikely, but there are definitely some ideas if the group ever gets back together. In an interview with Collider’s Perry Nemiroff Around the time of the film’s release, Hsu revealed that there were some great elements that didn’t make it into the final cut of the group’s adventure, including a strange story involving Kat and Lolo. “There’s a whole gay track between Sherry’s character and my character that was changed and will be saved for the sequel,” she explained. “Sherry is furious about this.”

For now, Lim, who also helped write the scripts for Crazy Rich Asians And Raya and the Last Dragonprepares to take on a bigger challenge for her second feature film as director — The Princess Diary 3 with a return Anne Hathaway.

Tower of joy arrives on Netflix on November 1st. Stay tuned here on Collider for more on all the biggest titles coming and going to streaming throughout the year.