Learning to Drive
A richly observed, cross-cultural character study that coasts along pleasurably on the strengths of its virtuoso leads.
Learning to Drive
Isabel Coixet's slice-of-life comedy-drama Learning to Drive stars Patricia Clarkson as Wendy, a middle-aged book critic who is shattered when her husband Ted (Jake Weber) leaves her. In order to visit her daughter (Grace Gummer), who lives upstate, Wendy begins taking driving lessons from Darwan (Ben Kingsley), an American citizen originally from India who makes a living as a cabbie and driving instructor. The two strike-up a friendship that helps her learn to take control of her life, and him adjust to his new life after an arranged marriage. Learning to Drive screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
Genre
Comedy,
Drama,
Romance
Runtime
89
Language
English
Director
Isabel Coixet
Cast
Ben Kingsley,
Grace Gummer,
Jake Weber
FEATURED REVIEW
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
In the mood for a big, loud, dumb summer movie? Want something crammed full of explosions, superheroes, special effects, sarcastic one-liners and screaming heroines in high heels? Well, this movie's for the rest of us. Forgiving, feminist and finely observed, "Learning to Drive" is a movie about ...
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