Rotten
Beverly is supposed to be a bad girl running with the wrong crowd, but most of the time she seems to be right out of a serioso episode of Laverne & Shirley.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Riding in Cars with Boys
She did everything wrong, but got everything right.
2001 · 2h 11m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Penny Marshall
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Riding in Cars with Boys
Overview
In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.
Director and cast
- Penny Marshall Director
- Drew Barrymore as Beverly Donofrio
- Steve Zahn as Ray Hasek
- Adam Garcia as Jason
- Brittany Murphy as Fay Forrester
- Logan Lerman as Jason - Age 8
- James Woods as Leonard Donofrio
- Lorraine Bracco as Teresa Donofrio
- Rosie Perez as Shirley Perro
- Sara Gilbert as Tina Barr
- Peter Facinelli as Tommy Butcher
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
48%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The rough edges of Donofrio's life are either ignored or smoothed away, replaced by broad laughs and easy sentiment.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh
A film with honesty, sincerity and a great big heart.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
There's a sort of Hallmark tyranny at work.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
The movie may be based on Beverly Donofrio's memoir of the '60s, but it misses the honesty and grit of the source.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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