Riding In Cars With Boys

As a notorious barrymore hater i figured the movie would be atrocious but surprisingly was the best i ve ever seen drew.

Riding in cars with boys. Riding in cars with boys is a 2001 american biographical film based on the autobiography of the same name by beverly donofrio about a woman who overcame difficulties including being a teen mother and who later earned a master s degree. There s a movie based on it with drew barrymore but before i read the book i hadn t seen it. Directed by penny marshall. I read riding in cars with boys by beverly donofrio.

With drew barrymore steve zahn adam garcia brittany murphy. A single mother with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 in 1965 and goes through a failed marriage with the drug addicted father. The movie s narrative spans the years 1961 to 1986. Based on the book of the same title riding in cars with boys is both heart rending and humorous.

Riding in cars with boys suffers from mixing grit and pathos with cuteness and comedy. Riding in cars with boys is directed by penny marshall and based on a memoir by the real beverly donofrio reportedly much revised by the screenwriters. Drew barrymore plays beverly donofrio a youmg woman who becomes pregnant at 15 and is forced to live a life far different than what she d hoped or what her parents had hoped.