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Aug 21, 2015 · 4 min read. Learning to Drive. “Learning to Drive” is advertised as a two-hander about life lessons, which is problematic if you’ve cast a cynical, superior gaze toward this type of movie. People finding themselves through some kind of metaphor for perseverance is a topic ripe with hate-watching possibilities.
Aug 21, 2015 · Aug. 20, 2015 6:50 PM PT. Providing a welcome, grown-up escape from all that summer escapism, director Isabel Coixet’s “Learning to Drive” is a richly observed, crosscultural character study ...
Director Isabel Coixet and screenplay writer Sarah Kernochan have accomplished this rare feat with Learning to Drive, a radiant, subtle, and engrossing story about the blossoming friendship between a New York book critic and a Indian-American driving teacher. Wendy (Patricia Clarkson) is an upper-middle class critic whose 21-year marriage to ...
Aug 20, 2015 · NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Isabel Coixet. Comedy, Drama, Romance. R. 1h 30m. By Stephen Holden. Aug. 20, 2015. Among the charms of “ Learning to Drive,” a small, observant dual portrait ...
- Stephen Holden
- Isabel Coixet
The whole cast offers viewers authentic performances, elevating an already pretty good movie close to greatness. Learning to Drive also makes the most of New York City as its backdrop, though not in the same cliched ways many other films do. The borough of Queens comes alive; the arteries and highways seem nearly as essential as the subways.
- Broad Green Pictures
- Isabel Coixet
Learning To Drive is based on an essay in Katha Pollitt's Learning To Drive: And Other Life Stories. Wendy, in order to be able to visit her daughter, Tasha (Grace Gummer), in Vermont, decides it is time to get her driver's license. Darwan, originally from India and a devout Sikh, becomes her driving instructor.
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A touching movie that isn't so much about the destination - frankly that part is a mild let down - but about the journey and the words. The pleasure of the film is taking the trip and listening in ...