
A coming of age story about a shy teenage boy trying to escape from the influence of his domineering mother. His world changes when he begins to work for a retired actress.... (Full plot summary below)
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A coming of age story about a shy teenage boy trying to escape from the influence of his domineering mother. His world changes when he begins to work for a retired actress.
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| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonGrint and Walters do their best with writer-director Jeremy Brock's uneven material, carving out a good scene here and there. The movie has nowhere to go though. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseIt's Grint who grounds in reality, as best he can, Brock's directing debut...this conventional Britcom lightly hums along for a good stretch before running off the road. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittVeers all over the place in tone, especially in the scenes with Linney, who seems so much like a part of a different movie that I almost feel like she should only be mentioned in a different review. |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunA charming film that gets nudged toward greatness by Julie Walters. |
| PopMattersCynthia FuchsThe fact that he still needs saving%u2014after an entire movie's worth of instruction and rescue from assorted women%u2014suggests that Ben is well on his way to becoming his father after all. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill WhiteDriving Lessons was written by director Jeremy Brock as a vehicle for Grint and Walters, who appeared together in the Harry Potter movies. They make a terrific screen couple. Walters is alternately zany and poignant, with Grint the perfect foil, a bemused, confused innocent who only wants to do good. |
| San Francisco ChronicleRuthe SteinWith the aid of a charmingly offbeat story and a jolly good dialect coach, the stars leave you thinking, well done. Their spirited performances help cover up glaring holes in the plot. |
| VarietyRonnie ScheibBasically conservative yet titillatingly "eccentric" British laffer could succeed in the "Full Monty" import slot. |
| Village VoiceLuke Y. ThompsonThe sentiment's a bit thick sometimes, but Walters remains sharp, and is sure to inspire drag queens everywhere. |
| L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonWhile Driving Lessons' writer-director, Jeremy Brock, sticks to the all-too-familiar template of such tales, he's given Walters her best role since "Educating Rita." Hamming it up with the precision of a master, she makes this somewhat plodding film a pleasure, as does young Grint. |