CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Cissy Évelyne It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

SnoopyStyle Ben Marshall (Rupert Grint) delivers meals for the elderly on his bicycle. He's not a good driver and fails his test. Laura (Laura Linney) is his religious mother obsessed with charity work. She won't let him have a cell phone since it causes cancer. She's having an affair with Peter from the church. His mother urges Ben to earn money for the family and he answers an ad placed by Evie Walton (Julie Walters). Evie is a flamboyant former actress. Ben is the opposite. He writes sensitive poems for his crush Sarah (Tamsin Egerton) but she thinks it's weird.This coming-of-age adventure relies on the actors to deliver the familiar character types. Grint has a good awkwardness but his screen presence is still not at star level. Walters is a little too prickly. She needs more fun in addition to her wild bitter drunkenness. Linney delivers some wild jabs and one or two actually land the mark. This is mostly light quirky but it rarely truly gets hilarious.

Ally S There were certain parts and pieces in the movie "Driving Lessons" that I was not thrilled by, but overall, I did enjoy this movie. The parts of the movie that intrigued me the most were the excellent actors and actresses, the random humor, and the beautiful scenery. I also enjoyed the overall plot and idea of this movie. I really liked how perfectly each actor or actress matched his or her part. Rupert Grint did a wonderful job playing his character, Ben. I thought Grint fit the image of the "awkward teenager" and did a great job expressing how each awkward teenager feels about certain situations. For example, when Ben senses that something between his parents is not quite right, he shuts down and keeps to himself. I think this represents how most teenage boys are. Grint also showed his acting skills when Ben was sharing his love poem to Sara. He showed how boys this age are a little unsure of themselves and how to talk to girls. Laura Linney, who played Ben's mother, also did an exceptional job portraying the stereotypical "controlling mom". She did this by acting as if she controlled the house and everything that goes on in it. She bosses Ben around to do things for her, like helping out at the church and even getting her some groceries. She also shows this controlling mom figure by lying and shutting the door on Evie, the woman who Ben has been keeping company. I think Linney was a great choice for the unpleasant mother of Ben role. The random spurts of humor in "Driving Lessons" were another entertaining part that grabbed my attention. Evie, played by Julie Walters, is the somewhat kooky older lady that Ben keeps company. She plays the most humorous role in this film with her funny yet a little inappropriate comments. I think the director, Jeremy Brock, made a smart move when adding Evie's funny sayings throughout the movie. The humor was unusual and not similar to other comedy movies, which is why I enjoyed it. For example, when Evie swallowed the car key and told Ben "..the key will be back with us in the morning! I'm as regular as clock work." was humorous and grabbed my attention. Lastly, the overall idea and plot was something I liked throughout this movie. I loved the fact that they shot this film in England because it made the scenery like something I have never seen before. I also thought that the plot of the movie was very interesting and kept me wanting for more after each scene. I was very intrigued to see how Ben was going to be after taking care of Evie. I thought it was a good idea to incorporate the encounter of Evie and Laura, because they were the two opposites throughout the film. I also liked how Ben driving Evie everywhere related back to the beginning of the story, which was about his driving lessons.

tdbowen1 The movie Driving Lessons was a good movie. The actors did a great job on playing the roles they had to play. Then the genre of the movie was what you wanted in this type of genre it was. Driving Lessons also did a great job with the soundtrack. In my mind the movie is made by the soundtrack. The realism in driving lessons was out of this world and it was so much like real life. The cinematography in the movie was awesome. Those are the reason I like the movie and why I think it was a good movie. The actors in this movie were great for the parts they played. Like the actor who played Ben was great, his name was Rupert Grint. To me he did a great job on the fact on getting how Ben was so shy and so awkward towards people. Then, Julie Watter did the best job in the movie.by just making Evie so old school comedy and makes her nice in the old lady way, like how she made a character Evie makes Ben's move on with his life and not make other people tell him how to live his life. But I love how Laura Linne did a great job. She made her character the every one hate her, and she made her look like a bitch and did a great job. Those actor made the movie and did a great part in the movie, the just did the best part in making the right movie for them. The soundtrack of this movie was the best with the soundtrack. The soundtrack hit every point in the movie, like how they were at the camp sit and how it was all clam, and peacefully, the soundtrack played the best song for it. There was a really good song played at the end of the movie, the song was the best because it made you happy and made you think about life. Then throughout out the movie was great and hit every mood. Those are the reason I like the soundtrack, and it made the movie.That why I think this was a great movie and why I think it, the movie hit every mood I wanted in this type of genre and in this movie. The actors are great and did the best job in the roles, just made the movie in my mind and I hope that what you like to see in actors. Then the soundtrack just made it to one of those movies that's moves you with the soundtrack. I like the realism a lot and that made you think about so much about your real life. Then the filming for this movie was what I wanted in this type of movie, it just hit the sense with the right angles and everything, the color and brightness was so right in this movie. Those are the reason I like the movie and if you like those reasons then watch the movie.

Filmophile I was persuaded to watch this film but approached it with reluctance, expecting a tedious 'rites of passage' cliché cache with obligatory feel-good ending. But it was a lot better than that.The cast looked promising, and without exception, delivered. I've long felt that Rupert Grint, somewhat squashed by pedestrian screenplays in the Harry Potter series, had a lot more to offer than we've seen so far. Anything with Laura Linney has to be worth watching and with Nicholas Farrell there too, not to mention the incomparably hyper Julie Walters, one knew there'd be some terrific acting.The Linney character is so unspeakably zealous, self-righteous and awful that even her husband (Farrell,) seems unable to cope with her, despite his being an Anglican priest. Ben (Rupert Grint) desperately needs friendly guidance and a more helpful introduction to adulthood than appears to be forthcoming from his nearest and dearest - but from where? From whom?His relationship with the foul-mouthed, neurotic, failing actress, (Walters) follows predictable lines but these are carried off by a terrific chemistry, between the two actors and the story turns enough, just, to hold one's attention to the conclusion.A hugely enjoyable film but one that with a lot more work on the script, a sharper, more deftly plotted screenplay and ruthless elimination of hackneyed ideas, could have been a truly great one.Grint underplayed his role, particularly in the first third of the film, but to great effect.