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language, sexual content and some thematic material
Plot: What's the story about?
This rites of passage comedy introduces a shy and downtrodden Ben (Rupert Grint) with yet another dreary school holiday coming around. Seventeen years of living in an absurdly conservative and traditional household with his highly-strung and overbearing mother (Laura Linney) and quiet, mild mannered vicar father have taken its toll on young Ben. While the other kids are out having fun, Ben spends these precious few weeks attending bible classes, having driving lessons with his mother and helping out at a local old people's home.
However, Ben's world is turned upside down when he's employed by an eccentric retired actress Evie (Julie Walters). Vulgar, dignified and childish all at once, she certainly is not the kind of person Ben expected when searching through the job listings in the stuffy parish magazine, "Hello Jesus". Evie enters Ben's life with a cataclysmic force, whisking him away on a series of adventures from camping, to performing Shakespeare in the garden, to attending the Edinburgh festival — where he finally meets a girl much nearer his own age.
Evie's unconventional and often downright bizarre behavior challenges Ben's beliefs, and forces him to confront the very idea of who he wants to be. Then, when it seems that his new-found freedom is about to be taken away, Ben has to suddenly choose; should he continue to conform, or break out and live his life as his own man?
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Who stars in Driving Lessons: Cast List
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
Suncoast, The Miracle Club
Paddington in Peru, Brave
Summer In February, Grace of Monaco
Ginger & Rosa
Broken
Who's making Driving Lessons: Crew List
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Production: What we know about Driving Lessons?
Filming Timeline
- 2004 - December: The film was set to Completed status.
Driving Lessons Release Date: When was the film released?
Driving Lessons was a release in 2006 on Friday, October 13, 2006. There were 3 other movies released on the same date, including The Marine, Marie-Antoinette and Man of the Year.
Driving Lessons DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?
Driving Lessons was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, July 3, 2007 .