Review: Riding In Cars With Boys
'I 'm 22, and I still haven't accepted that this is my life," says Beverly Donofrio ( Drew Barrymore ), the heroine of "Riding in Cars With Boys. ...
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert - 10/19/01
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A Girl's Charmed Life Detours Down a Bumpy Road
The NY Times review of Riding in Cars With Boys, a Penny Marshall film starring Drew Barrymore and Steve Zahn. Riding in Cars With Boys movie ...
The New York Times - Stephen Holden - 10/19/01
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Boys, sex, baby, tears, feel-sorry-for-me film
Call me a dry-eyed cynic. Call me heartless. Call me Margaret Thatcher. But I can't call Riding In Cars With Boys' poor-me martyr mom anything ...
Canoe.ca - CLAIRE BICKLEY - 10/19/01
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'Riding In Cars' Stalled In Schmaltz
Even Drew Barrymore's considerable innate charm can't overcome the selfishness and self-pity of her leading character in "Riding in Cars With Boys ...
New York Post - Jonathan Foreman - 10/19/01
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Review: Riding in Cars with Boys
As a boy-crazy teen mom forced to grow up along with her son, who is twenty when she's thirty-five, Drew Barrymore bites into a role that shouts, ...
Rolling Stone - Editorial Review
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Review: RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS
An uneasy mix of comedy and soap-opera bathos, only partly redeemed by some strong performances including that of star Drew Barrymore and a nice ...
TV Guide - Steve Simels
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Barrymore drives Riding
It's a bit of a bumpy journey when Drew Barrymore goes Riding in Cars with Boys. Riding is wisely promoted as a comedy-drama because that's what ...
Canoe.ca - LOUIS B. HOBSON - 10/19/01
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BBC - Films - review - Riding in Cars with Boys
Engaging true-life drama about a woman who bounces back from a teenage pregnancy to become an author. Last seen kicking butt in " Charlie's Angels ...
BBC - Neil Smith
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Review: Riding In Cars With Boys
Over the span of 20 years, a young woman is presented with a number of life obstacles and not only perseveres, but triumphs. ...
Film Threat - Michæl Dequina - 10/19/01
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Review: Riding in Cars with Boys
From the outside, Riding in Cars with Boys seems like another film for teenage girls to spend their mall money on. From the inside, however, ...
Kinnopio.com - Michael J. Eiff
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Review: Riding in Cars with Boys
Drew Barrymore as Beverly Donofrio and Cody Arens as her son Jason Riding in Cars with Boys. Drew Barrymore gets an A+ for effort as Beverly ...
Palo Alto Online - Jeanne Aufmuth
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Review: Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
Based on the memoir by Beverly D'Onofrio, Penny Marshall's "Riding in Cars with Boys" is an episodic, affecting journey through twenty ...
TheMovieBoy.com - Dustin Putman - 10/20/01
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RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS Film Review
Like the main character it depicts, "Riding in Cars With Boys" is willfully into itself and often gives off the wrong vibes. ...
Boxoffice Online - Bridget Byrne
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Review: Riding in Cars with Boys
Chick flicks can be hard to watch. I ll admit it: It was painful to sit through Beaches . Steel Magnolias was a trial. ...
FilmCritic.com - Joshua Tyler
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Riding In Cars With Boys (2001) - Family Movie Review
At fifteen, Beverly D'Onofrio (Drew Barrymore) announces her unplanned pregnancy. Full of dreams for his bright young daughter, Bev's father ...
Grading the Movies - Kerry Bennett
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Review: Riding in Cars with Boys
Beverly Donofrio was a divorced mother who married too soon and had a relatively unhappy life before triumphing over it. ...
Greenwich Village Gazette - Eric Lurio
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Review: RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS
'Riding in Cars' a poignant map of life's bumpy road Director Penny Marshall again teams with James L. Brooks, producer of her 1988 smash "Big," ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Paula Nechak - 10/19/01
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Review: Riding In Cars With Boys
Penny Marshall takes this too far into mushy chick flick territory, but thanks to a tough-as-old-boots performance from Barrymore and a superb ...
Empire Online - Jo Berry
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Riding In Cars With Boys : Penny Marshall Couldn't Tell You What It's About
Pros Some of the performances are good. Cons No tone, no structure, and it doesn't tell the story it thinks it's telling. The Bottom Line Finally, ...
Epinions - d_fienberg - 11/21/02
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Drew Gets Knocked Up, Whines, & Tries to Be 30.
Pros Good First Act & Performances from Brittany Murphy & James Woods. Cons Poor Script on the last 2/3 of film and awful performances. ...
Epinions - thevoid99 - 06/20/03
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Kicked in the Head by Life While ----- Riding in Cars with Boys
Pros Treatment of material. Acting. Cons All the previews make you think this is a comedy. The Bottom Line Another movie that could have been ...
Epinions - Vormancian - 05/20/02
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A Teenage Mother Hoping for Something Better....
Pros The main character's conflict, actions, etc, can create some useful discussion. Cons The film isn't hard-hitting enough, and the son holds ...
Epinions - DavidMac - 06/10/02
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A few good moments in an otherwise unfocused drama (DVD Review)
Pros Drew Barrymore/Brittany Murphy. Cons Unfocused, rambling. Shys away from issues. The Bottom Line Rent it. "Riding In Cars With Boys" is ...
Epinions - moviefan15
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Riding In Cars With Boys - 2001
Pros n/a Cons n/a The Bottom Line It ain't fun being 15 We ve watched Drew Barrymore evolve from a dewy-eyed creature lover in ET , to gun-toting ...
Epinions - susidee34 - 05/23/02
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Review: Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
Written by: Morgan Upton Ward (based on the book by Beverly Donofrio) Directed by: Penny Marshall Cast: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Rose 'Bams' Cooper - 10/22/01
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