Driving Lessons
Comedy, Drama
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2006
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A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
98 min
Release date:
13 Oct 2006
Country:
GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
4 wins & 5 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
[Brock] sticks to the inspirational formula of contemporary English sentimental comedies: that real life has little relevance.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
10 Nov 2006
rotten:
It's an exercise in calculated high-quirk in which the most egregious forms of stereotyping -- particularly along gender and religious lines -- attempt to pass for 'human' behaviour.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
10 Nov 2006
rotten:
Barely worth the trip.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
17 Nov 2006
fresh:
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.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
8 Dec 2006
rotten:
Writer-director Jeremy Brock has backloaded much of the hero's family conflict into the final scenes, which collapse under the weight.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
18 Dec 2006