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Driving Lessons
Directed by
Jeremy Brock
PG-13
2006
1h 38m
Comedy
,
Drama
6.6
49%
71%
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A coming of age story about a shy teenage boy trying to escape from the influence of his domineering mother. His world changes when he begins to work for a retired actress.
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Cast of Driving Lessons
Laura Linney
Laura Marshall
Rupert Grint
Ben Marshall
Julie Walters
Evie Walton
Michelle Duncan
Bryony
Oliver Milburn
Peter
Tamsin Egerton
Sarah
Nicholas Farrell
Robert
Jim Norton
Mr. Fincham
Chandra Ruegg
Chandra
Rose Keegan
Emma Pagent
Ricky Champ
Tough Looking Man
Jacques Kerr
Waiter
Annabelle Apsion
Trendy Mum
Iain McColl
Policeman
Don Wetherhead
Old Man
John Yule
Hotel Manager
Rita Davies
Mrs. Robottom (uncredited)
Driving Lessons Ratings & Reviews
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jeff Strickler
Offers a pleasant excursion down a familiar road.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Amiable performances and a gentle, generous chemistry between Walters and Grint make the ride pleasant.
I.E. Weekly
Amy Nicholson
Brock subscribes to the new school of British Imperialism: crafting cozy little trifles that conquer foreigners with preciousness.
Arizona Republic
Annemarie Moody
Driving Lessons, with perfectly cast actors, a poignant and often hilarious script and original music, is a study in how fun British humor can be.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
Driving Lessons is a poignant miniature that offers [Julie] Walters a chance to be typically wonderful - saucy but deep - and [Rupert] Grint to stretch quite commendably.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
Driving Lessons doesn't represent a zenith in the subgenre, and it trades on some feeble character ploys, but it's a kick to watch Julie Walters do a barmy-charmer bit on Rupert Grint.
Dallas Morning News
Nancy Churnin
This ensemble delivers, engaging in repartee like Roger Federer plays tennis.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Everybody in the movie is so tightly wound that Walters seems a model of actorly limberness.
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
With the aid of a charmingly offbeat story and a jolly good dialect coach, the stars leave you thinking, well done. Their spirited performances help cover up glaring holes in the plot.
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
... the film hardly resonates five minutes after it's over.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Writer-director Jeremy Brock has backloaded much of the hero's family conflict into the final scenes, which collapse under the weight.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
The movie's life-affirmative agenda is ploddingly clear.
Observer
Rex Reed
A Scottish Harold and Maude, with none of the charm.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
This coming-of-age movie, unlike Evie's sleek old Citroen wagon, is a clumsy contraption, but it's nice to see Rupert Grint coming out from under that colorful thatch, and coming, not a moment too soon, into an appealing pre-maturity.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Linney hits a single note for her uptight character, while Walters travels the scale indiscriminately. Her outsized eccentric darts from amusing to grating. Only Grint is just right, as the boy they, and the film, can't do without.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
The mild British wackiness is more droll than funny, but the movie is a pleasant cup of tea.
The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden
Aiming for wacky and heartwarming, the film is, at its sporadic best, a mildly diverting coming-of-age story. At its worst, it feels forced.
Newsday
Gene Seymour
Driving Lessons follows the well-worn path laid down by other, better movies while making strained, ludicrous things happen toward the end.
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling
Linney is too sensitive and capable an actress to play a stock villain like this. That everyone in the movie dislikes her makes you dislike everyone in the movie.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Driving Lessons belongs to that hardy niche of British comedies designed as star vehicles for distinguished actresses (preferably Dames) of a certain age whose assignment is to win awards by devouring the scenery.
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