Fresh
One of the year's best films, a rarity in that a play has been successfully transferred to film without having the dialogue seem "written."
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
Driving Miss Daisy
The funny, touching and totally irresistible story of a working relationship that became a 25-year friendship.
1989 · 1h 39m · PG
Drama
Directed by
Bruce Beresford
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Driving Miss Daisy
Overview
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.
Director and cast
- Bruce Beresford Director
- Morgan Freeman as Hoke Colburn
- Jessica Tandy as Daisy Werthan
- Dan Aykroyd as Boolie Werthan
- Patti LuPone as Florine Werthan
- Esther Rolle as Idella
- Joann Havrilla as Miss McClatchey
- William Hall Jr. as Oscar
- Alvin M. Sugarman as Dr. Weil
- Clarice F. Geigerman as Nonie
- Muriel Moore as Miriam
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Driving Miss Daisy spans a quarter-century in the intricate relationship of a Southern dowager and her chauffeur, and it is a movie that invites you to appreciate the passage of time in more than one way.
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman give exceptional performances
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
Freeman and Tandy have their own performer's pride, and that transfers to their characters. Tandy, in particular, is almost astringent in her denial of easy emotion.
Peter Rainer, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
This is a story about people, not politics. And perhaps because we can see the actors in closeup on the screen, that is even truer of the movie than the play.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
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