License to Drive
1988 · Movie · PG-13 · 90 min · ★ 6.6 · 30% critics
After failing a driver’s test, a nervous teen refuses to cancel a big date and secretly takes a prized family car for a night out. With a friend along for the ride and bad choices piling up, a simple plan spirals into a fast, chaotic evening of close calls, trouble, and teen-sized panic.
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Details
- Years
- 1988
- Release date
- 1988-07-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 30/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (410 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a breezy, nostalgic ’80s teen comedy built around one wild night and escalating car trouble; Not for you if you need realism, subtle humor, or low-cringe antics like in Son in Law.
Pros: nonstop teen hijinks; energetic 80s vibe; funny parents and instructor | Cons: far-fetched situations; juvenile humor; uneven execution
Themes
- champagne
- driving test
- underage drinking
- drunk driving
- teem
Cast & crew
Corey Haim
as Les Anderson
Corey Feldman
as Dean
Carol Kane
as Mrs. Anderson
Richard Masur
as Mr. Anderson
Heather Graham
as Mercedes Lane
Michael Manasseri
as Charles
- HM
Harvey Miller
as The Professor
Michael A. Nickles
as Paolo (as M.A. Nickles)
Nina Siemaszko
as Natalie Anderson
Grant Goodeve
as Natalie's DMV Examiner
Directed by Greg Beeman