Learning to Drive
2014 · Movie · R · 105 min · ★ 6.2 · 63% critics
After a marriage falls apart, a Manhattan writer begins driving lessons with an instructor who’s also dealing with personal troubles. Through their steady time together on the road, they find courage to move forward and gradually learn how to take control of their own lives.
Also known as Leçons de conduite
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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-08-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 63/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (208 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this gentle, adult drama about coping, learning new independence, and two troubled lives connecting; Not for you if you want fast thrills or if you prefer fewer culture-and-stereotype concerns like in Living Out Loud.
Pros: heartfelt relationship; strong lead performances; sensitive humor | Cons: slow, repetitive pacing; mixed portrayal issues; anticlimactic feel
Themes
- new york city
- marriage crisis
- taxi driver
- sadness
- driving school
- cultural difference
- driving lesson
- failing marriage
- marital separation
- woman director
- customs agent
- college student
- +6 more
Cast & crew
Patricia Clarkson
as Wendy
Ben Kingsley
as Darwan
Jake Weber
as Ted
Sarita Choudhury
as Jasleen
Grace Gummer
as Tasha
Avi Nash
as Preet
Samantha Bee
as Debbie
Matt Salinger
as Peter
John Hodgman
as Car Salesman
Michael Mantell
as Wendy's Dad
Directed by Isabel Coixet