Review of Driving Miss Daisy (1989) by Adrian B — 16 Feb 2012
Very slow and plodding film for which took home the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Actress for a not so special performance by Jessica Tandy, plus two other Oscars. Tandy's character is a southern Jewish bell who is old and becoming senile, at least according to her son (Dan Akroyd).
He hires a black man (Morgan Freeman), to whom she doesn't like him at first. His job is to drive her around from one place to another, and they soon become best friends. However, Freeman, in is odd southern accent, can't help to contribute to driving this viewer to boredom.
For me, there is nothing special or particularly interesting about this film. I really wanted to be over after the first half, and it was only 99 minutes long. It lacked any impact what-so-ever. Really forgettable and a shame considering the two lead stars.
This review of Driving Miss Daisy (1989) was written by Adrian B on 16 Feb 2012.
Driving Miss Daisy has generally received very positive reviews.
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