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Driving Lessons Director: Jeremy Brock Cast: Julie Walters, Rupert Grint, Nicholas Farrell, Laura Linney

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  • DVD Release Date: 07/03/2007
  • Original Release: 2006
  • Rating: Rated PG13
  • Sales Rank: 14,885

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Features

The Making of Driving Lessons; Outtakes - Featuring Rupert Grint; Deleted Scenes - Featuring Rupert Grint.

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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Driving Lessons
1. Failed [2:50]
2. The Freedom to Choose Truth [4:56]
3. The Actress, Evie [2:46]
4. The Girl, Sarah [2:34]
5. Robert [3:11]
6. Hanging With Evie [4:15]
7. Mom [2:29]
8. Evie's Things [4:11]
9. Acting Out [3:57]
10. Camping?! [1:52]
11. A Little Drive [4:12]
12. The Soul of a Poet [2:29]
13. "Guilt's a Wicked Ghost" [2:44]
14. "How Long is a Piece of Hope?" [3:58]
15. Edinburgh [1:54]
16. "A Woman Not an Oil Tanker" [4:32]
17. Bryony [5:33]
18. Waiting For Ben [:56]
19. Someone For Ben [1:12]
20. The Reading [1:59]
21. All is Revealed [1:24]
22. The Lake [4:51]
23. Don't Be a Betrayer [3:48]
24. Ben's Not Here [3:17]
25. The Play [1:36]
26. Evie to the Rescue [4:42]
27. New Starts [3:10]
28. Free Verse For Evie [5:01]

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Editorial Reviews

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 to drive, but Laura is more interested in spending time with one of the more charming members of the church staff than helping Ben learn how to operate the family automobile. Wanting to earn some pocket money, Ben starts looking for a part-time job and ends up working for Evie Walton (Julie Walters), an elderly and slightly eccentric actress who needs help keeping her garden in shape. Laura believes Evie isn't an especially good influence on her son, though Ben is happy to find someone who encourages his interest in poetry and the larger world (especially girls). One day, Evie announces that she needs to ride to Edinburgh, where she is supposed to give a reading as part of the city's massive music and arts festival. While Ben doesn't have his license, he volunteers to take the wheel, and soon he's confronted with various forms of decadence that his mother has frequently warned him to avoid. Driving Lessons received its North American premiere at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Wowby TheHarryPotterGirl

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October 26, 2008: I loved this movie. I bought it and watched it about and I just fell in love with it. I know Rupert from the Harry Potter movies, but his portrayal of Ben was just amazing. it blew my mind away.

Dull, but nice.by Anonymous

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August 06, 2007: It wasn't spectacular. Personally, I picked it off the shelfs because it had the famous star of the Harry Potter series, Rupert Grint, and the brilliant actress Julie Walters, in it. The plot was dull. Spice it up a bit, go more in depth with some of the characters... maybe then it would conceal the plot itself. The main actors' did great--I particulary enjoyed Walters performance as a batty old woman--it did her well *smiles and winks*. Perhaps work on the directing a little bit more and more in depth characters, then you'll get a movie. Better luck next time.


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