As a scriptwriter, Jeremy Brock gravitates toward strong women and, in his directorial debut, sandwiches "Harry Potter" sidekick Rupert Grint between two mother figures whose respective excesses ...

Everybody in “Driving Lessons” is working very hard to show how affecting and touching their movie can be. Indeed, the collective effort invested in this ragged mongrel of a coming-of-age story may ...

There is but one reason to sign up for "Driving Lessons": to watch Rupert Grint -- you remember him as Harry Potter's redheaded pal Ron Weasley -- squaring off with Julie Walters, Queen of the English ...

Sometimes, performances elevate slight stories to better thanthey really are, and if those performances are truly entertaining,all the better for us. So it is with Julie Walters in “Driving Lessons,” ...

Harold and Maude is one of my favorite movies, so it’s perhaps no surprise that I was keen to review Driving Lessons. The movies feature a similar trope—a younger man who learns to embrace life ...

The first of the young Harry Potter stars to land a leading role outside of the blockbuster franchise, Rupert Grint shows he has what it takes to enjoy an acting career post-Hogwarts in Driving ...

As a scriptwriter, Jeremy Brock gravitates toward strong women and, in his directorial debut, sandwiches "Harry Potter" sidekick Rupert Grint between two mother figures whose respective excesses ...

In the rigged comic battle that ensues over his young soul, naturally Driving Lessons is on swanny Evie’s side (she steals the boy away for a road trip to Edinburgh — fun!), but Linney is too ...

Ben, the pastor's son, struggles under his domineering mother. During summer, he works as a general helper for ageing actress Evie Walton. An unconventional friendship develops between the 17-year-old ...