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Reviewed by pauleky 6 / 10

A little disappointing...

I greatly anticipated this film based on the trailer and advertising. Having not read the book on which this is based, I had no idea what to expect. First, let me say that the actors, for the most part, were excellent, with Brittany Murphy (Fay) and Steve Zahn (Ray) particular stand-outs. Drew Barrymore is fine in the lead (Beverly), but, unfortunately, she is the main problem with the film. She is supposed to age from 15 to 36 in this film. I could easily buy her in the flashback scenes to her teenage and young mother years, but I just could not buy her as a thirty-six year old mother of a twenty-year old. It was just too distracting; they appeared more like boyfriend and girlfriend and that just nearly ruined the film for me. Drew's acting is fine, but she just doesn't look the part in the latter day scenes. A more mature actress was needed. Still, the movie was entertaining, though a bit too long. Penny Marshall's direction was fine, but she's a long way from "A League Of Their Own" and "Big". I rated this 6/10, mainly for the performances of Murphy, Zahn, Lorraine Bracco and James Woods (as Beverly's parents) and Cody Arens (as the 6-year-old Jason, Bev's son) who were all outstanding.

Reviewed by Wuchakk 6 / 10

Pregnant at 15 in 1965

Based on the best-selling 1992 memoir of Beverly Donofrio, "Riding in Cars with Boys" (2001) stars Drew Barrymore as 15 year-old Beverly who gets knocked-up in 1965 and marries the likable loser father (Steve Zahn). Can she turn a bad situation around to the good in the years to come? There are too many slow stretches in this amiable drama and it's a bit too long, but it won me over from numerous angles: Drew's charisma, James Wood as her cop father, Lorraine Bracco as the mother, Brittany Murphy as her best friend, the quality New Jersey/New York locations (note the ending), the realistic struggle of living with an alcoholic/addict, the heaviness of the proceedings lightened up by sporadic humor and the focus on perseverance with a good attitude to turn a negative situation around to the positive.Sara Gilbert plays a peripheral character, a friend of Beverly's, revealing that she's actually attractive in a roundish (not fat) way. Adam Garcia is notable as Beverly's adult son.The film runs 132 minutes.GRADE: B-

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Riding in Cars with Boys

2001

Action / Biography / Comedy / Drama

Riding in Cars with Boys

2001

Action / Biography / Comedy / Drama

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