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The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I really enjoyed this film. It's simple, and just natural. It reminds me a lot of the American film called Saved. Loved that movie too especially when I was in High School. Rupert Grint and Julie Walters are phenomenal. Rupert is a natural at this. Gah I love him! So talented. He shines brighter on his own aside from the HP films. I love seeing him in these different roles,and so far, the ones I've seen him in, he has done exceptionally well. I'll be looking out for more of what Rupert has to offer. Julie Walters is best old person I'd love to have as a BFF. She'd probably yank my head for calling her "old" haha.This film made me want to move to Britain :)

All in all, the movie Driving Lessons directed by Jeremy Brock is a decent movie in my opinion, meaning that it is not bad nor is it excellent. It has a fairly complex storyline because there are a few situations going on in the movie, but if you pay attention to the overall plot and moral of the story, you will probably "like" the movie, although it is not the best movie of all time. It is a story about a teenage boy, Ben Marshall (actor Rupert Grint who starred as Ron Weasley in several Harry Potter movies). He lives in a fairly unhappy home with a father who is a priest and a mother who is overly religious, which often distracts her from her maternal duties as well as the emotions of her family. Ben is told to find a job to help take care of an elderly man that they have taken in (due to Ben running his wife over while his mother was giving him driving lessons). Ben comes across a gig with a retired actress, Evie Walton, who will pay to help get a little work done around the house. You will notice in the movie that Ben is virtually unhappy because people are always pushing him to do things in a way that is not his own. Evie, through numerous encounters with Ben, has taught him to do what makes him happy and it doesn't have to be the way other people tell you to do it. This is the overall moral to the story. I have left out a lot from the storyline, because you have affairs going on, more people getting ran over by cars, love then hate, trees and Jesus, etc. I dislike the movie for this because most of the people involved in these different scenarios, you never get to hear from again. So the story seems unfinished, in a sense. These situations may also cause you to become lost, or steer away from the main story that is being told. The reason why I say it is decent is because if you pay attention to the whole plot itself, as well as the title, it fits. The movie is literally called Driving Lessons, and while actual driving lessons are given in the movie, the metaphorical meaning behind the title is of a boy being taught to be his own man. That is the one thing that I can appreciate about this movie. I would recommend this movie to other people who like a good simple story involving only a few exceptional characters and a great moral, regardless of the rather boring or confusing storyline.

The 2006 movie Driving Lessons, directed by Jeremy Brock, overall is decent. It's not one of my favorite movies by any means but the comedy aspects are good. Ben's mom controlled every aspect of his life but after he started working for her, he started to live life. Dame Evie gave Ben the push to be a great individual, while maintaining a small amount of comedy, and after he quit working for her he started college, moved out, and started working at a library. Some key comedy aspects are Ben's driving abilities, Dame Evie Waltens as the crazy old woman, and the actions of Mr. Fincham.His abilities to navigate the roadways are hysterical because he crashes the car when he is supposed to make an emergency stop when the instructor claps his hands. Dame Evie is also a main part of the comedy because she swears like a sailor, she swallowed the key to the car when they (her and Ben), the amount of wine she drinks and her requests when she is drunk. The best part of the movie, in my eyes, would be when Mr. Fincham runs over Laura (Ben's mom) at the end of the movie. She controlled Ben the entire time like he was her little hand puppet and he changed, between him getting fed up with the treatment and what the Dame was telling him, to become more "manly" and stood up for himself against his mom. One may think that the title reflects his driving abilities, however, it reflects that Ben is turning his life around. This is the best example to show that been was turning his life around to live a better, freer life. Even though the movie was decent, it had some life lessons and colorful symbolism. Starting with the symbolism, when his employer (Dame Evie) was telling Ben that "A week seems like a year, I count each moment as a blessing." Shortly after she said this to Ben, he looked up at the starry sky and saw the true beauty of the world and realized that he was taking a life changing adventure. He would not be the same after this trip.The theme was indirectly told and was stemmed from a lie, yet both of the symbolisms point to this theme as a possible strong theme. Dame Evie told Ben that she was dying from breast cancer and could die between a week and a year from now. She was depicting, by her actions, that you should live life to the fullest because you don't know how long you have left to live. He took this to heart and this was shown by the night looking at the stars, the first time he spent the night with a girl, and definitely was shown at the end of the movie when he talked to Evie for the last time telling her that he moved out of the house, got a good paying job and is going to school to be more than someone's foot and hand (his mother's).This was all construed together by the final song of the movie, "Auld Lang Syne". The basic meaning is that the past is the past and live for the future because it can be whatever you want it to be. That is also why it is the song millions chant at the New Year celebrations. The New Year acts like the start of a new life and he is starting this new life.

The movie Driving Lessons by Jeremy Brock left me hanging by a string. Although the movie had a good moral I did not care for it. The movie was filled with various subplots which deluded you from the main focus. The movie takes us on a voyage throughout a young boy's life to manhood. Ben Marshall played by Rupert Grin was a timid awkward teenager trying to pass his driving test. He went through various adventures to along the way. Throughout his journey he met some influential people, one in particular Evie Walton a sassy retired actress with an immense love for Shakespeare. The movie's plot was overpowered by several other subplots that took place throughout the movie. Because of this it was somewhat hard to grasp the main concept of the movie. These subplots were conflicting throughout the movie leading to numerous dead ends. So many other story lines were going on throughout the movie it made it extremely busy and confusing. As the movie progresses the true plot did unveil. This movie lacked element. It failed to give us background or detailed information on characters such as Byrony and Mr. Finch. For instance Byrony was a quick fling Ben had, they hit it off for a couple of scenes then she disappeared and there was no information stating why they stopped communicating. In the movie we are told that Mr. Finch is ill old man that lives with the Marshall's because he killed his wife, but we are left to wonder why he did so or how he became sick. The choppiness of the movie was also displeasing. The scenes did not flow properly and that became a huge distraction for me. The randomness of this movie also was extremely annoying. For instance when Evie and Ben were on the bus Evie starts going on about how he is gay, I thought this scene was pointless. I feel as if the author wanted to waste time so he put frivolous scenes in the movie in hopes of entertaining us, but he fell short. At the end of the movie we are left to wonder if Ben really did pass his driving test. Although that question remains unanswered we do know he passed his life driving test. When driving a car you go on many roads which may lead to side streets and dead ends just like life, Ben proceeded to persevere and find his purpose. Overall I rate this 5.67 out of 10.