Review of Driving Lessons (2006) by Chris C — 26 Jul 2009
Laura Linney matches Walters with a smooth middle class English accent and a cool, brittle personality as Ben's mother. The writing or editing or both have truncated her so that she doesn't seem quite multi dimensional.
Likewise the story jumps over inconvenient needs of a credible progress line in small things, hoping we'll just go along with it for the sake of the big picture and emotional arc. The finale also lacks credibility, at least not in the same tone as most of the film.
Where these shifts in tone occur, it's like tectonic plates shifting - a jarring event. For all that, the film has many pluses, a few good laughs and some lovely English eccentricities. It's a charming and thoroughly enjoyable film with Grint capably shaking off his Harry Potter sidekick image.
This review of Driving Lessons (2006) was written by Chris C on 26 Jul 2009.
Driving Lessons has generally received positive reviews.
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