Fresh
"Learning to Drive" is precisely the sort of adult-themed, intelligent and heartfelt film it wants to be, with Clarkson and Kingsley wonderfully on point.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Learning to Drive
It's never too late to begin a new adventure.
2014 · 1h 45m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Isabel Coixet
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Learning to Drive
Overview
As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Learning to Drive is a story of companionship, loneliness, resilience. It's a small, artfully crafted thing, but it resonates in big ways.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
Together, [Kingsley and Clarkson] have so much to learn, and the operation of an automobile provides so many opportunities for metaphor.
Matthew Lickona, San Diego Reader
Fresh
It's a beautifully acted tale of friendship, and about how sometimes, you just need to move forward - in a car, or otherwise.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Rotten
"Learning to Drive" would be an entirely inert expedition were it not for Clarkson, who plays against Kingsley's sentinel of propriety with her signature radiance and birdlike gracefulness.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
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