SPOILERS THROUGHOUT: I thought this was a good movie, quite thought provoking, with good performances from everyone particularly Zahn. Much as I love Barrymore I do prefer her in other movies though she does a good job here. The movie is at times very bleak and difficult to watch but also well done in the sense that the characters seem real and never over the top. I had no idea what Riding In Cars with Boys was about when I sat down to watch it, I'd heard of it but knew little about it. I found it to be a very good movie.
Many of the characters did inspire anger at times with their actions but the thing is, I think it's better to watch this movie without taking sides with the characters. The movie wasn't perfect at all but what it WAS good at doing was showing the difficulties and hardships involved in all these peoples' lives.
There were a few things that puzzled me and which I still don't get. Number one is the fact that Drew never seems to age or change physically during the whole movie and it was rather puzzling and did take away from the believability factor. There were times people who were supposed to be years apart in age looked to be the same age. It was just rather odd. The other thing is the ending. I am SO into endings, if they don't flow with the rest of the movie it's annoying. It seemed to me that the final confrontation between mother and son ended to abruptly and the next scene it almost seemed like everything was all hunky dory which again challenged the levels of believability but I have to admit I did enjoy the last scene of the movie so that's a plus.
Third-How in the world was this lumped in as a COMEDY? I mean it makes no sense. If this was supposed to be a comedy I'd give it a 1 or 2 because I didn't laugh much. As it is, I am Giving this DRAMA a 7, it had it's moments and was quite touching, though I hope nobody watches this thinking their getting "The Wedding Singer."
Many of the characters did inspire anger at times with their actions but the thing is, I think it's better to watch this movie without taking sides with the characters. The movie wasn't perfect at all but what it WAS good at doing was showing the difficulties and hardships involved in all these peoples' lives.
There were a few things that puzzled me and which I still don't get. Number one is the fact that Drew never seems to age or change physically during the whole movie and it was rather puzzling and did take away from the believability factor. There were times people who were supposed to be years apart in age looked to be the same age. It was just rather odd. The other thing is the ending. I am SO into endings, if they don't flow with the rest of the movie it's annoying. It seemed to me that the final confrontation between mother and son ended to abruptly and the next scene it almost seemed like everything was all hunky dory which again challenged the levels of believability but I have to admit I did enjoy the last scene of the movie so that's a plus.
Third-How in the world was this lumped in as a COMEDY? I mean it makes no sense. If this was supposed to be a comedy I'd give it a 1 or 2 because I didn't laugh much. As it is, I am Giving this DRAMA a 7, it had it's moments and was quite touching, though I hope nobody watches this thinking their getting "The Wedding Singer."