- Release Date: 2006
- Runtime: 98 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Starring: Rupert Grint, Fay Cohen, Ruby Mortlock, Don Wetherhead ... see all
- Director: Jeremy Brock
- Plot: 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... Read more
User Reviews
Enjoyed it.
Oct 05, 2008
Sweet2APoint - yahoo.com
Oct 05, 2008Sweet2APoint - yahoo.com
Worth the time to watch. Simpler story, but with some unexpected and emotional moments. Acting was superb. Enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours.... Full review
Just plain amazing!
Jul 03, 2008
animerocksms - yahoo.com
Jul 03, 2008animerocksms - yahoo.com
This movie is one of the sweetest stories and I can relate to it. The mom in this is absolutely insane and the dad just stands on the side lines. Who cant relate to that in some way! This movie was... Full review
Awesome Movie!!!
Jun 28, 2008
britrh3639 - yahoo.com
Jun 28, 2008britrh3639 - yahoo.com
This movie was great. I really thought the story was great and the acting. I thought Grint did a great job at being awkward and quiet. He played this role well. GREAT JOB!!!... Full review
surprisingly delightful
Jun 20, 2008
crazeibeautiful - yahoo.com
Jun 20, 2008crazeibeautiful - yahoo.com
in writing this review, i must admit that i saw this movie solely because rupert grint was in it. i am a huge fan of the potter movies and was curious of what he'd be like portraying a character that is... Full review
Loved it!!!
Jun 02, 2008
moonchild186 - yahoo.com
Jun 02, 2008moonchild186 - yahoo.com
I thought it was a wonderful film. I loved seeing Rupert as a completely different character. A sweet, shy boy who has a great talent and how it took spending time with a 60 year-old ex-actress to help him discover it.... Full review
Move Over Harry, Ron (Rupert) Has Arrived!
Mar 13, 2008
yaka56 - yahoo.com
Mar 13, 2008yaka56 - yahoo.com
I loved this movie, I rented it several times and bought it. I think Rupert gave a wonderful performance. The teaming of him and Julie (Mom Weasly) was genius! He is a gifted actor and I am looking for more from... Full review
Best Rupert movie ever!!!
Feb 03, 2008
hanbanan812 - yahoo.com
Feb 03, 2008hanbanan812 - yahoo.com
I love this movie!!I mean everything about it!!!It's soooooo funny!! I just loved to see Rupert come out of his shell and become a lead character in other than the Harry Potter films!!!... Full review
Really Good
Feb 02, 2008
homegirl042001 - yahoo.com
Feb 02, 2008homegirl042001 - yahoo.com
OOOHHH I would so hate to work with a woman like but, it would be awesome with the same interest. overall the movie was really good julie Walters played the character VERY WELL, plus she was hilarious, Rupert played his character... Full review
Different....
Jan 19, 2008
tootie19912009 - yahoo.com
Jan 19, 2008tootie19912009 - yahoo.com
I first fell in love with Rupert Grint in the Harry Potter series. He's an AWESOME actor and I LOVE his work. When I first heard that him along with co-star Julie Walters were making a film outside of Harry Potter... Full review
Driving Lessons
Dec 01, 2007
lollypopgirl112 - yahoo.com
Dec 01, 2007lollypopgirl112 - yahoo.com
Driving Lessons is an okay movie. I thought it was rather boring( sorry Grint) I almost fell asleep watching it. It wasn't too funny or interesting.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jun 01, 2008FilmInk
There are witty performances (notably from the deranged Linney and Walters) and a fine indie-folk soundtrack featuring Sufjan Stevens and Nick Drake....However, instead of indulging in the hedonistic excesses of the seventies American rock scene, this is decidedly more British, refined and literary.....Like Almost Famous ’ Cameron Crowe, Driving Lessons ’ writer/director Jeremy Brock comes from an accomplished film background as a screenwriter.... ... Full Review
| Aug 23, 2007commonsensemedia.org
Great movie, 15+.
This movie was great.
A great indie movie that had a lot of laughs.
The acting was much better than I had thought.
... Full Review
| Jul 12, 2007popmatters.com
You do get quite tired of it after a while.
He doesn't grill the older cast members about their performing techniques, but he picks up a lot just by paying attention.
It's a pretty amazing lineup, pretty cool people," Grint said.
... Full Review
| Jul 06, 2007criticsrant.com
This movie is adorable and endearing, yet it is definitely not for everyone.
This is probably the reason the middle of the movie is far better than the beginning.
I'm not going to lie; I wanted to see this movie because I love Rupert Grint.
... Full Review
| Jun 09, 2007dvdtown.com
Grint plays the ultra-shy 17-year-old son of a good-but-boring vicar (Nicholas Farrell) and his do-gooder wife (Laura Linney), who's as self-righteous and domineering as it gets.
The family has an odd dynamic that, unfortunately, first-time feature director Jeremy Brock doesn't explore nearly enough.
... Full Review
News
"Hopefully in the next couple of years, I'll be back on stage in some form. I'd love to come to Broadway again," Radcliffe says. "They responded to the fact that I have a work ethic. ... Full Article
WINEHOUSE TO TAKE DRIVING LESSONS
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AMY WINEHOUSE has a new project - the singer is determined to pass her driving test. The Back To Black hitmaker recently returned to Britain from a two-month sunshine break in the Caribbean, following numerous health problems throughout 2008, including... ... Full Article
Driving Lessons - PG-13
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2007-09-30
Driving Lessons
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2007-07-20
Driving Lessons
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2007-07-05
As the Harry Potter literary franchise prepares for its final days with the release of J.K. Rowling's seventh and final volume, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows," the staggeringly successful film counterpart still has a few more years left before... ... Full Article
Driving Lessons
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2007-03-07
Surely, by now, we are all well aware that the road child stars must travel to the promised land of (working) adult actors is littered with innumerable hazards. ... Full Article

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