License to Drive

1988 "Some guys get all the brakes!"
6.3| 1h30m| PG-13| en
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Teenager Les Anderson thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he's wrong. Even though he didn't receive his license, Les refuses to break his date with the cool Mercedes Lane, and he decides to lift his family's prize luxury car for the occasion. Unfortunately, Mercedes sneaks some booze along and passes out drunk, and a confused Les makes the bad decision of enlisting his rebellious friend, Dean, to help.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
grantss Les Anderson (Corey Haim) is about to take his driving test. He has a few things planned, based on the presumption that he will pass. Not least is a date with the girl of his dreams, Mercedes Lane (Heather Graham). Then he fails, and his plans are shattered. He doesn't tell anyone that he has failed though and goes ahead with the date with Mercedes. Key to his night out is taking his grandfather's prized 16-year old low-mileage Cadillac, left in the care of his father. The car, and his attempts to keep it unharmed, are the source of many adventures that night. However, his friend, Dean (Corey Feldman), is the number 1 source, egging him on...Famous for starring the two Coreys, Haim and Feldman, this is a reasonably juvenile yet good fun comedy. Maybe a bit too farcical for its own good but has enough funny, even hilarious, moments and energy to sustain it.Good performance by Corey Haim. I found Corey Feldman irritating, however - a bit too over-the-top. Heather Graham, in her first credited movie role, puts in a solid performance as Mercedes. Some familiar faces among the supporting cast - Carol Kane, Nina Siemaszko, Richard Masur, James Avery - and they all put in solid performances.
hellraiser7 One of the best things about being a teen was no doubt having the opportunity to learn to drive. Driving for the teen meant the freedom to go where ever you wanted or needed to go, any time you want. But also for most it was a ticket to being cool. This is an 80's gem that I like and is a gem that has driven under the radar, it's not to say it wasn't popular for it's time but like certain vintage cars it became forgotten.There really not much to say, I really like the plot it's a simple no nonsense plot which is what I like about comedies. Yeah there is absurdity but that's part of what makes it funny. The music soundtrack I think is really good, I like the end credit theme song from Billy Ocean "Out of my Dreams" which is one of my personal favorite 80's songs.I really like the two Corries, shame both couldn't of kept up on the high end of their carriers, but oh well. Corey Halm whom sadly is no longer with us is great, I've always liked this actor he can do both comedic and serious roles. But anyway I like his character Les Anderson whom is a typical geek that is on a quest to be cool and to get the girl, is ill confidant always struggling to prevent disappointment and being uncool. Dean by Corey Feldman is great, his character just cracks me up, he has some of the best lines in the film my favorite was that speech he gave which is both funny but kinda true at the same time about life. His character is also on the same quest as Les but he is a little more confidant, and a person that is more loose and a bit wild.The adventures with the car are fun, fast paced and hilarious, it's pretty random what these characters run into. I don't want to give too much away, but my favorites are the infamous jump toward the Shaky's Pizza place (damn I miss that restaurant) and the solid car chase for the drunk driver.Though I think what really makes this comedy stand out is on it's emphasize and sympathy factor. Les's predicaments are both funny and a little sad at the same time because most of us have been there, or have felt it. From Les taking that drivers test and under pressure of failing. The threat of getting busted by your parents for something you know you shouldn't do, which results in Les saying my favorite line "I"m so dead, their going to have to bury me twice." yeah I sometimes thought those words from time to time. But just simply the desire for the first time to taste freedom, to not just be cool but feel cool, as well as just to simply drive.Overall "License to Drive" has plenty of millage for fun which makes it worth a test drive.Rating: 3 stars
elshikh4 ..because seriously, they are nothing but trash, filth, sex, and farts nowadays ! I adore such a movie. It's a decent comedy, non-stop action, and centering on beating fear by facing its worst nightmares. It succeeds in every each way it goes, with fascinating sense of creativity.How can any comedy be smarter ? See for instance the character of the father apart; the way he celebrates his son's faultier as a driver and why, his scenes with the about-to-give-birth wife, and his threatening speech near the end. Just unforgettable. The thing about this movie is that it knows its characters and their lives, then could mix that with a lovely touch of craziness where everything you don't expect happens. So, it wins at being truthful and lively. This is one way to be a classic. Not by the heaviest amount of toilet humor !Despite being not highly charismatic Corey Haim was wonderful as the perturbed aghast and eager teen. Heather Graham was fabulous in pink, being every teen's dream back then (and look closer to her name; Mercedes Lane !). Loved her performance as always-happy unconscious drunk. The minor parts were done no less than excellent, even the drunken old driver. Then the best credit must go to that incredible climax; now the teen gets his full chance to drive outrageously by the approval of his parents, winning the recognition he dreamed of, achieving rescuing his mom and her baby on the nick of time, yet that itself was done in one outrageous piece of cinema. Again, this script is smart, smashing smart !It evoked many similar themes and atmospheres from the same era : the suburban teen who wants to challenge his fear, a ride of a lifetime in the city; John Hughes's Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), a hellish night of accumulative misunderstanding and funny circumstance; Adventures in Babysitting (1987). My conclusion : Is the 1980s cute or what ?Remember the moment in which the lead lives a cassette tape crises, where the thin brown strip explodes. Ahh, this is something only the audience born before the 1990s knows well, suffered from and laughs about. With CDs and else more advanced devises now, plus teen comedies that have become all about obscenity, you must think; does more development mean more degeneration ? or when things grow less complicated, other things grow more ugly ?Anyway, this is a teen comedy and decent classic. Now the 4 words don't meet together in one sentence at all !
Aaron1375 This was a rather funny movie featuring Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, showing that these two for a short span really had something going coming off the very cool vampire movie "The Lost Boys". This movie is just about your average teen trying to pass his driving test and getting his license along with his ultra bright and nerdy twin sister. He also gets to go out on a date with a very attractive lady as well named Mercedes (played by Heather Grahme). Well for some reason he does not do so well on the computer quiz portion of the driving test, but thanks to some luck the test results are wiped out and he is given the chance to take the driving portion of the test. Which of course is highly unlikely no matter how well his sister scored. Well he somehow manages to pass the driving portion despite having a driving instructor from hell while his sister gets the guy everyone should want during this part. In the end though they find his score and no license. Well through a series of strange events he gets his grampa's car and takes the hot girl out as she proceeds to get drunk and pass out. He then picks up his friends as they try to get to this cool hangout. Lets just say a lot of stuff happens and that car takes some hits. I especially found the drunk guy funny. In the end I found the end a bit much, but then most comedies I find have a weak spot in their armor. However, this was a rather funny comedy that passes the test.