Driving Lessons - DVD
Added 10/16/2009
This was a very cute movie - reminded me of me at 17! Like all British movies, it starts slow but soon reveals all.
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License revoked
Added 6/2/2009
Seventeen-year old Ben (Rupert Grint) is terribly shy and has withdrawn from his overbearing mother (Laura Linney) and reclusive father. He goes to work for a washed-up, eccentric actress (Julie Walters) and gets caught up in her world when she takes him on a trip that promises some life-changing lessons for both of them.
This coming-of-age story misses the mark because I didn't believe the boy would change because of anything that happened. He does go through some overly-dramatic events with a loud and self-centered old woman, but he remains a bystander, and a baffled one at that. The movie has an amateurish feel to it despite the talented Walters and Linney; they both resort to shouting and overacting and come across as unsympathetic women who don't see the error of their ways. Unfortunately, Rupert Grint ("Ron" in the Harry Potter movies) doesn't show much range as an actor; he gives a sluggish, one-note performance. The script doesn't touch the heart and I didn't care about any of the characters. Disappointing.
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To Be Honest, I Thought It Was Going To Suck...
Added 1/14/2009
I couldn't have been more wrong. I pretty much judged this film by it's cover... It's a cute coming of age story that I would recomend to everyone. Rupert Grint is brilliant as Ben, a teenage boy with a highly supressive mother. Very charming. 5 STARS!!!
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What a pleasant surprise!
Added 1/4/2009
My husband and I had never heard of this film but it met our criteria for renting from the video store - not more than a couple of copies available to be checked out and winner of some rather different sounding awards. Man, were we pleased. Excellent performances by Rupert Grint and Julie Walters.
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JEREMY BROCK, OPUS 1
Added 9/7/2008
*** 2006. Written and directed by Jeremy Brock. London. Ben Marshall's father is a minister and his mother a woman more interested in the social activities of the parish than in Ben's life. So when Ben meets Evie Walton, an aging actress, he also finds in her an attentive friend who'll help him to become an adult. Nothing really original in this film but noteworthy performances by Laura Linney and, above all, by Julie Walters as the alcoholic Evie Walton. The satirical description of the domestic life of a religious British family is also funny at times. In short, DRIVING LESSONS is a coming of age movie worth a viewing. Not bad but already forgotten.
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Driving Lessons - DVD
Added 10/16/2009
This was a very cute movie - reminded me of me at 17! Like all British movies, it starts slow but soon reveals all.
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License revoked
Added 6/2/2009
Seventeen-year old Ben (Rupert Grint) is terribly shy and has withdrawn from his overbearing mother (Laura Linney) and reclusive father. He goes to work for a washed-up, eccentric actress (Julie Walters) and gets caught up in her world when she takes him on a trip that promises some life-changing lessons for both of them.
This coming-of-age story misses the mark because I didn't believe the boy would change because of anything that happened. He does go through some overly-dramatic events with a loud and self-centered old woman, but he remains a bystander, and a baffled one at that. The movie has an amateurish feel to it despite the talented Walters and Linney; they both resort to shouting and overacting and come across as unsympathetic women who don't see the error of their ways. Unfortunately, Rupert Grint ("Ron" in the Harry Potter movies) doesn't show much range as an actor; he gives a sluggish, one-note performance. The script doesn't touch the heart and I didn't care about any of the characters. Disappointing.
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To Be Honest, I Thought It Was Going To Suck...
Added 1/14/2009
I couldn't have been more wrong. I pretty much judged this film by it's cover... It's a cute coming of age story that I would recomend to everyone. Rupert Grint is brilliant as Ben, a teenage boy with a highly supressive mother. Very charming. 5 STARS!!!
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