Riding in Cars with Boys (Special Edition)
by Penny Marshall
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Actor: Adam Garcia, Brittany Murphy, Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Steve ZahnDirector: Penny Marshall
Brand: Sony
Producer: Amy Lemisch
Producer: Beverly D'Onofrio
Writer: Beverly D'Onofrio
Producer: Bridget Johnson
Producer: James L. Brooks
Producer: Julie Ansell
Writer: Morgan Ward
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 132 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-03-19
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Riding in Cars with Boys (Special Edition)
Movie Review: Big Dreams, Big Hurdles...
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, it's that time of year. A time to reread old favorite books and watch those special movies. This one - Riding in Cars with Boys (Special Edition) - is one I saw some time ago. I also read the book. (After seeing the movie).
Most writers can relate to someone who dreams of writing the way the character Beverly D'Onofrio does - it's kind of like breathing...you have to do it or else.
Attaining her dream of a college education and writing that book take Bev (Drew Barrymore) longer than it does for the standard student - she has several obstacles, such as a teenage pregnancy - and in rearing her child alone (eventually), she flounders at times. She is sidetracked by financial concerns as well. But she never takes her eye off the prize.
Steve Zahn plays her husband (soon to be ex), a heroin addict whose drug dependence almost pulls her down with him; Brittany Murphy plays her best friend and one-woman cheering squad.
Coming from an Italian family with traditional values, it is surprising that Bev makes it at all, but, despite the family's initial shock and disappointment, her parents become very supportive. This support helps keep her on track until she finally achieves her goals. She finishes her book and finds a publisher - but not without some last-minute barriers that involve getting her ex-husband's "waiver" before the book can finally come to light.
This is a good movie for New Year's Eve. Or for any time when you want to curl up and enjoy that feel-good kind of flick.
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Summary of Riding in Cars with Boys (Special Edition)
A single mother with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 in 1968 and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father. Special features: subtitles in english french chinese korean and thai audio commentary by drew barrymore theatrical trailers filmographies & much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 01/22/2008 Starring: Drew Barrymore Brittany Murphy Run time: 131 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Penny MarshallRiding in Cars with Boys achieves broad appeal as a tearjerker laced with hardscrabble humor. In the crowd-pleasing hands of director Penny Marshall, Beverly Donofrio's bestselling memoir loses much of its real-life gravity, but its rich humanity remains in abundance, especially since Drew Barrymore plays Donofrio with effortless charm. The movie spans 20 years, from Bev's pregnancy at 15 in 1963 (actually 17 in the book), through welfare parenthood with a heroin-addicted husband (Steve Zahn), and semi-adult resentment as her teenaged son (Adam Garcia) takes priority over her ultimate goal of finishing college and publishing her memoir. For all of Barrymore's winning tenacity, it's Zahn's goodhearted loser who gives the film its genuine soul while lending an edge to Marshall's cloying sentiment. The material begs for the subtler touch of James L. Brooks (who produced this and Marshall's more delicate hit Big), but that won't stop this movie from attracting a legion of admirers. --Jeff Shannon
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