License to Drive

License to Drive (1988)

  • 18% of critics liked it
    (17 reviews)

  • 58% of users liked it
    (21,057 ratings)

Les (Corey Haim) is embarrassed when he fails his driving test in this routine teen comedy. His buddies are depending on him to provide the wheels for the weekend, but Les is more interested in his Saturday date with Mercedes (Heather Graham). Les secretly steals his grandfather's immaculate… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jul 6, 1988 Wide
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Geoff Andrew, Time Out

    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.

  • Caryn James, New York Times

    Anyone old enough to have a license is probably much too old to be amused by License to Drive.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    Up until about the halfway mark of this movie, I was having a very good time. Then, somehow, it ran out of energy.

  • Hal Hinson, Washington Post

    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).

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Although the premise of getting or not getting a first driver's license is a solid-enough base for 90 minutes of teenage comedy, License To Drive misses the point on all counts.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Manu G


    Some guys get all the brakes! Good 80's classic movie! License to Drive is a movie about taking chances, though you can probably figure out from beginning to end how the movie is going to go. No less, it's good 80s fun. Les Anderson (Haim) has turned 16 and is desperate to… More

  • AJ V


    If you love the two Coreys, you'll enjoy this movie. It's a fun and exciting little teen comedy. It's very funny and entertaining, and the supporting cast is great, I really liked it.

  • Phil H


    I like the 80's, boy do I hehe but this is really kinda lame even for that. There's no real point to it really, simply a Corey vehicle with very basic plot, effects and acting. A few nice spots but nothing to shout about, Heather Graham is very cute :)

  • James A


    Only the Coreys could transend time and space by cramming a 2 day adventure into half a night.

  • Dean M


    More wildly and funny with the Coreys in a Cadillac car of the late 1980s. Lots of laughs!

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