License to Drive (1988)
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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 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 1972 Cadillac for the adventure. The dream date soon turns into a nightmare when Dean (Corey Feldman) bothers Les with camera flashes and cigar smoke, and his sloppy-drunk date dances on the hood of the car with high heels. The car is towed when he parks illegally, and later the teens are chased by revved-up motorheads who challenge him to a race. Carol Kane and Richard Masur play Les' parents. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Directed By
- Greg Beeman
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jul 6, 1988 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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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.
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Caryn James, New York Times
Anyone old enough to have a license is probably much too old to be amused by License to Drive.
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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.
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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).
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, 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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Cast
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Corey Haim
as Les
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Corey Feldman
as Dean
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Carol Kane
as Les' Mom
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Richard Masur
as The Father
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Heather Graham
as Mercedes
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Michael Manasseri
as Charles
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Harvey Miller
as Professor
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M.A. Nickles
as Paolo
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James Avery
as DMV Examiner
- Parley Baer
- Michael Ensign
- Grant Goodeve
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Helen Hanft
as Miss Heilberg
- Grant Heslov
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Nina Siemaszko
as Natalie Les' Sister
- Christopher Burton


