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Learning to Drive

Learning to Drive

2014, Movie, 1h 45min

As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.

Country: United States,United Kingdom

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Patricia Clarkson,

Sarita Choudhury

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6.8

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Critic Odie Henderson

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8

...proves that good acting can elevate even the most standard material.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Tasha Robinson

Learning To Drive has harmless sweetness, many revealing speeches about life, and a Kingsley performance that shades strongly into a “Robin Williams as a straight-faced foreigner” routine.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Jordan Hoffman

rated

8

Darwan is a “good man” but not a saint. The film’s best sequences are in his tightknit Sikh community, where life is a mix of struggle and warmth.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Kimberley Jones

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6

...a composed, ultimately cheering picture of self-reinvention and unlikely camaraderie.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

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