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Driving Lessons
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PG13,1hr 38min
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October 13, 2006
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Sony Pictures Classics
Synopsis: Two strong-willed women wield their influence on a shy teenaged boy in this coming-of-age comedy from the United Kingdom. Seventeen-year-old Ben (Rupert Grint) is the son of a soft-spoken vicar (Nicholas Farrell), but it's his mother, Laura (Laura Linney), who rules the household, and she has put Ben cheerfully under her thumb, keeping him busy with a variety of good-will errands for the church and numerous local charity causes. With summer vacation looming before him, Ben is looking forward to learning ... Full Synopsis
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The screwball aging diva genre isn't the only formula guiding this stubbornly old-fashioned movie. Driving Lessons belongs to the silly feel-good mode of "The Full Monty," "Calendar Girls," "Billy Elliot," "Kinky Boots" and dozens of other celebrations of Britons defying convention to become "free," whatever that means. Full Review
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56
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Featured Cast
Eve Walton, Evie Walton
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Rupert Grint in "Driving Lessons"
Rupert Grint and Julie Walters in "Driving Lessons"
Julie Walters in "Driving Lessons"
Julie Walters and Michelle Duncan in "Driving Lessons"
Nicholas Farrell in "Driving Lessons"
Rupert Grint and Tamsin Egerton in "Driving Lessons"
Rupert Grint in "Driving Lessons"
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