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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 ...
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Jun 9, 2016 · That’s the acting dynamic. Surprisingly it works. As a wrinklies’ romcom the film is as sweet as Driving Miss Daisy while less likely to rot your teeth. The script itself adds judicious ...
Aug 21, 2015 · August 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 20, 2015 · The downside is that the movie pales in comparison. Coixet’s direction can be witty, especially when she films the driving scenes from Wendy’s fearful, wavering perspective, with obstacles or threats lurking from every corner of the windshield. But Coixet’s attempt to make a feel-good movie from a trenchant essay mostly leaves you feeling ...
Jan 26, 2015 · Illustration by Zohar Lazar. I decided to learn to drive because I wanted to learn to drive. I wasn’t, I told anyone who would listen, searching for a metaphor of middle age, or declaring my ...
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 ...
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Learning to Drive: Directed by Isabel Coixet. With Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Jake Weber, Sarita Choudhury. As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with his own marriage troubles.