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Driving Lessons

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Driving Lessons

Julie Walters, Laura Linney, Michelle Duncan, Rupert Grint, Tamsin Egerton

We first meet Ben, a shy, bookish 17-year-old, as he begins a very unpromising summer vacation. While the other kids are out having fun, Ben spends these precious few weeks attending bible classes, ha...( read more  read more... )ving driving lessons with his overbearing and overly religious mother and helping out at a local old people's home. It's certainly not his ideal summer but, with a demanding, vigilant mother and a passive vicar for a father, Ben is anything but in control of his own destiny. Ben's absurdly straitlaced world is turned upside down when he gets a job assisting Evie, an eccentric retired actress. Vulgar, dignified and childish all at once, Evie enters Ben's life with a cataclysmic force. Suddenly caught between two worlds, Ben starts to gravitate towards his employer's unconventional and often bizarre ways, even though it continually gets him into trouble with his mother. Evie drafts Ben as her partner in a series of adventures, culminating in a camping trip that turns into a road trip when she cajoles unlicensed Ben into driving her to the Edinburgh Festival. Ben reluctantly ignores his conservative instincts and jumps behind the wheel. What follows is a journey in which Ben and Evie help each other move forward in their radically different lives, as Ben is forced to confront how he was brought up and who he wants to be.

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  • xXxHarleyxQuinnxXx
    October 10, 2009
    xXxHarleyxQuinnxXx
    very charming! rupert grint comin into his own. Julie Walters was GREAT!
  • armybratgeo
    July 20, 2009
    armybratgeo
    So I rented this for my daughter who's a HUGE Harry Potter fan. We sat down on a sunday evening and I was prepared to suffer all the way through. but to my surprise this wasn't anywhere close to what I expected. really took me by surprise, Here's this odd friendship that helps ea...( read more)ch other to overcome different things in very strange ways. A 17 year old has to find his way for the first time and an elderly has to find her way all over again. This was pretty cute and actually pretty good. Like I said a total surprise.
  • ladyp1964
    February 14, 2009
    ladyp1964
    I watched this because I wanted to see if Rupert Grint could be more than Ron Weasley and also because I have a soft spot for Laura Linney even though her roles are never outstanding.
    The film was definitely different to anything I had ever seen before. Entertaining yet not real...( read more)ly up to widescreen standard. I think Rupert Grint will take it further if he is given the right opportunity.
  • binky013
    June 12, 2008
    binky013
    Because I would very much like to see Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, and Daniel Radcliffe succeed in their acting work beyond the wonderful Harry Potter movies, I wanted very badly to see this. But because Laura Linney is a part of the project, I didn't exactly fire this one up my n...( read more)etflix queue. It finally did bubble to the top, and I've watched this now three times with great interest.

    The good news is that Linney does not appear throughout. In fact screen time is so dominated by the relationship between Grint and Julie Walters that Linney fairly fades into the background, appearing only in the bookend (dismal) home life scenes for Grint.

    The better news is that Linney plays quite a villainous role; she's perfect for that kind of work.

    The best news, however, is that Grint does manange to do a good job of playing the repressed 17-year-old coming of age under the apt tutelage of masterfully has-been actress Walters. Their relationship is a thing of intricately problematic beauty, and both play their parts with brilliant authenticity.

    You know, it's funny watching "Ron and Mrs. Weasley" function in a different arena. It is as if Grint, in this gem of a film, is living under the stairs on horrid Privet Drive and is trying to find his way to the wholesome environs of The Burrow. I am feeling optimistic about Grint's chances to go on and do good work once the HP franchise has run its course.

    Last but certainly not least: Whoohoo! I want to see more of Michelle Duncan. Makes me want to jump on a plane for Scotland : )
  • mwilliams078
    April 22, 2008
    mwilliams078
    Driving Lessons is a lovely film from over the pond in the UK.

    Julie Walters, Laura Linney, and Rupert Grint all shine in this film. This film centers on a young man (Grint) whom is coming of age and working towards his drivers license. His controlling mother (Linney) can not...( read more) let go and only wants the best for him. During this time he gets a job from a once very big actress (Walters) whom really gets his eyes open to the world....it is funny and poigniant, very worth watching.
  • moviegal69
    January 6, 2010
    moviegal69
    LOVE RUPERT GRINT. This movie shows that he can act!!!!
  • daydr3am3r
    December 29, 2009
    daydr3am3r
    really good...i loved it

    i was also glad to see rupert grint in other movie than harry potter as i always thought he needs to get rid of the "ron" image to succeed because he is a good actor already:)
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  • Pepperoni
    December 20, 2009
    Pepperoni
    I am in love with Rupert Grint.
    This film was hilarious and touching, I loved it!
  • Shmee89
    October 27, 2009
    Shmee89
    a really sweet movie. the actors all did well to portray such difficult and truly bizarre characters. rupert grint did well by his awkard character and julie walters was great as ever! perfect to watch for anyone who likes nice, slightly funny and thoroughly quirky British movies
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