Teenager Les Anderson thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he's wrong. Even though he didn't receive his license, Les refuses to break his date with the cool Mercedes Lane, and he decides to lift his family's prize luxury car for the occasion. Unfortunately, Mercedes sneaks some booze along and passes out drunk, and a confused Les makes the bad decision of enlisting his rebellious friend, Dean, to help.
About all that's worth noting is that the Caddy gets demolished and that the stars remain intact (though practically everyone will wish that it were the other way around).
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Up until about the halfway mark of this movie, I was having a very good time. Then, somehow, it ran out of energy.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Anyone old enough to have a license is probably much too old to be amused by License to Drive.
– Caryn James,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
Everything you've ever hated about American teenagers, their music, money, fashion sense, their values, and most of all their pin-ups, in one auto-destructive movie.