That was an excellent one.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

It was just talking, they didn't even fall in love. Rupert grints from the harry potters started in this film with his mother.

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.

In my composition 1 class, we watched the movie Driving Lessons which was written and directed by Jeremy Brock. I have never even heard of this movie before my professor had my class watch this movie as part of an assignment. This movie is about a 17 year old named Ben. In the beginning of the movie, he is taking a driving test, and failing it. Ben's parents take in an old man, Mr. Fincham, who ran over his wife. Trying to be a good Christian, she wants to help him out. Ben's mom asks that he gets a job to help the old man out. When Ben gets a job with Dame Evie, his life suddenly changes for the better. He doesn't realize it at first but by the end of the movie, Ben realizes everything Evie did for him. I truly believe that the reason Ben is the way that he is has to do an awful lot with his mother. She treats him like she is a little baby and doesn't really want him to grow as a person. I think because of how strict she is, Ben is afraid to do anything or stand up for anything that he wants. Working for Evie has taught him to stand up to his mom and by doing this, Laura Marshall, Ben's mother, backs off. Evie was the best part of Ben's life because she helped him grow without him realizing it."To me a week is a year, every moment a blessing." Evie Walton says this to Ben during the movie. I think this is a great quote because it is what Ben is doing. He is growing, using every moment to expand. Evie doesn't want Ben to waste his time. This is an example of Evie is helping Ben grow.I personally did not like this particular movie. I thought the plot was initially a good idea but I did not like the way Brock presented it. It bored me the entire time. The actors chosen, however, were a perfect match for their characters. Rupert Grint plays a very awkward, shy, and not in his element kind of character. I thought he did a very nice job making the audience feel what he feels on a day to day basis. Maybe the reason I didn't like this movie was because of this. I am not fond of movies that are sad and depressing because it affects my mood. I am more into the positive feel, happy-ending kind of movies.

Rupert Grint is a true find as a British teenager who gets a summer job working as the companion for an eccentric retired actress (Julie Walters) so, at his mother's request, they can help out the destitute elderly man she has taken in. Walters, once one of the most respected actresses of the RSC, ended her career on a British soap opera, and now lives in virtual seclusion. She becomes attached to him, and takes him off on the road against his mother's wishes, giving him an adventure and a view of life he wouldn't have had staying around his ultra-Christian surroundings.Laura Linney, one of the most likable American actresses of today on stage and screen, has usually played the type of character we'd all like to have as a wife, sister or aunt. But here, with a convincing British accent, she plays a very cheery woman who is hiding a lot of secrets underneath, most of which point her out to be a hypocrite and a sinner in secret. That said, her performance is excellent, but she has only a little bit of screen time. Red-headed Gint is a delightfully rich young actor who I hope gets the same popularity as his "Harry Potter" co-star Daniel Ratcliffe, reminding us that not every young actor has to be a pin-up boy looking like Justin Bieber or have a muscular, tanned body the teenage girls all drool over. As for Walters, I have adored this droll actress ever since before "Educating Rita", and here, she moves her character acting skills into Maggie Smith territory.The problem with the movie lies with the screenplay, moving in so many directions and leaving out some important details, so the ultimate result is sweet, yet unsatisfying. But with so few movies being made today that explore the relationships between young people and the delightful eccentrics around them, that is a small complaint. These characters benefit from each other's different kind of wisdoms, and for that, this film is truly worth exploring.