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Riding in Cars with Boys, 2001

Starring: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn

Directed by: Penny Marshall

Written by: Morgan Ward

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 132 min

MPAA Rating: PG_13

Rating:6.2

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Riding in Cars with Boys can be described as bittersweet, sentimental, and feel good. The plot revolves around adolescence vs. adulthood, a crumbling marriage, and self discovery. The main genres are drama and comedy. In terms of style, Riding in Cars with Boys stars a strong female character. In approach, it is realistic. It is located in Connecticut and New York. Riding in Cars with Boys takes place in the 1960s. It is drawn from a biography, originally a true story, and based on a book. It is well suited for a girls' night. Note that Riding in Cars with Boys involves drugs/alcohol and sexual content.

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Beverly loves boys, but she knows her limits: nothing below the waist (hers), if she doesn't know the boy. Ray, however, a sweet-natured but shiftless young man is the exception to her rule and shortly after meeting him she ends up pregnant--at age fifteen. At the wedding insisted upon by her disappointed father, Bev finds out her best friend is also pregnant, and the two console each other for the youth they've lost. RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS is a true story based on the autobiography by Beverly Donofrio about her youthful days of revelry, rebellion, and teenage motherhood. Drew Barrymore is credible as an Italian-American girl who's far too smart to be stuck where she is in life, but it's Steve Zahn (THAT THING YOU DO, HAPPY, TEXAS) who steals the show in a long-overdue starring turn, with his heartfelt portrayal of a lost little boy who never finds his way to manhood. James Woods is Donofrio's alienated father. And Lorraine Bracco is her supportive, long-suffering mother who looks after the house, Bev's son Jason, and Ray, while Bev desperately tries for her GED and a scholarship to NYU. It's Bev's drive and unflagging ambition--and Penny Marshall's usual surehanded direction--that turn her hardship into the triumph of survival. Eventually, she realizes her own dreams, and her son's.