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  • Driving Lessons
  • Opened October 13, 2006 | Runtime:1 hr 38 min
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+. Read More
  • Teenage Ben (Rupert Grint) has a sheltered life because of an overprotective mother (Laura Linney) and a weak-willed father. The youth takes a summer job as assistant to Evie Walton (Julie Walters), an aging actress. At first the job is simple, then Read More
  • Cast: Julie Walters, Rupert Grint, Nicholas Farrell, Laura Linney, Jim Norton, Michelle Duncan
  • Director: Jeremy Brock
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Comedy, Drama

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Driving Lessons Recent Fan Reviews

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    Driving Lessons

    by scottyl

    If you already like these actors, the subject matter will come forth in a sweet way regardless of it's unpopular themes, those being religion and poetry. We don't like such things anymore...right? Give it a try anyway and take to heart the situation that the film presents and you may walk away, as I did, very satisfied. This is an excellent file, and Julie Walters was perfect. She deserves at least a globe. 4 an1/2 stars.

  • Must Go!

    Driving Lessons

    I loved this movie. I thought rubert grint did a fantastic job of freeing himself from the harry potter sterio type. Julie Walters was also great as Evie. The very excentric character brought great life to the movie. The whole message of life is to short, so why waste it on mindless, control freak of a parent? ben is trying to free himslef from his overbearing mother, when he meets Evie, a life loving actress who hasnt done anywork in the last few years. i thought the story was really great, and the relationship with Evie and BEn was so fun to watch, though hard to explain. and at the very end, what he says to sarah at the end, o...i laughed so hard! : ) i would really recomend this movie, some people say its slow at times, i thought te pace was great for the story, and their were some really great lines and sarcastic coments from both characters.

    go. rent. watch. : )

Driving Lessons Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score 56 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe Stein

    With the aid of a charmingly offbeat story and a jolly good dialect coach, the...

  • 70
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    The screwball aging diva genre isn't the only formula guiding this stubbornly...

  • 70
    Variety | Ronnie Scheib

    Basically conservative yet titillatingly "eccentric" British laffer could...

  • 63
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Linney hits a single note for her uptight character, while Walters travels the...

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