Driving Lessons

Watched a little independent film last night called Driving Lessons. It has Laura Linney, Julie Walters, and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) from Harry Potter.

I really love Julie Walters, she is especially good in this role. However, I found it a little unsettling that she and Rupert Grint were cast together again, she plays his mother Molly Weasley in the Harry Potter films.

This film has some very funny moments, Ben (Grint) is a suppressed 17 year old living with his minister father and zealot mother (Linney). His mother suggests Ben should find a job, so he begins working for washed up soap star Evie Walton (Walters). Evie is the best part of the movie, she drinks like a fish and swears like a sailor, but is rather broken and alone. The duo (Ben and Evie) go on an adventure and ultimately become friends.

Overall, I wouldn't really recommend this unless you too are a Julie Walters fan. By the way she is going to be in the screen adaptation of Mamma Mia! with Colin Firth, Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan - rather odd cast if you ask me, but I will go see it because Colin is in it.



2 out of 5