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Driving Lessons (2006)
Great Characters
The movie, Driving Lessons, directed by Jeremy Block, is a coming of age story of a boy named Ben Marshall. Ben Marshall is played by Rupert Grint, who plays Ronald Weasley in the Harry Potter movies. The characters of the movie are all unique, but some are over the top. The mom in the movie is very overprotective and also extremely religious. The movie had some great character development and did have a message and a very apparent theme. The soundtrack also fit well with the movie. Even though this movie will not go on my top ten list, I thought the movie overall was not too bad.
The character of Ben Marshall had the most character development. At the beginning of the movie he was not a very outgoing person and only did what his mother told him to do. His mom seemed to be running his life. When Ben meets Evie Walten he learns that he can make his own decisions and decide what he really wants to do with his life. He learns to have fun and finds adventure. This helps so that by the end of the movie he is able to make the decision of going to college and what job he wants to have.
The soundtrack to this movie is also great. The beginning of the movie has music that is more mellow and relaxed. This helps to reflect the idea that Ben is not rebelling in his life at the moment. He is just following the orders of his mom. As the movie progresses and Ben starts becoming closer to Evie, the music becomes more upbeat and showing that he is making more of his own decisions and starting to become his own person. The song at the end of the movie is a great choice, because it ties into the idea of the change in Ben. This song shows that he is starting a new faze in his life and the start of a new life for Ben.
This movie wasn't perfect. Some parts of the movie were rushed. This is especially true at the end of the movie. Everything was rushed to make the movie come to a close. Some aspects of the plot also could be confusing. The character of Mr. Fincher is a character I felt did not have to be there. Then, they tried to give him some sort of input, but it really just did not make sense, and took away from the overall theme of the movie
Overall, the theme of the movie I felt was prominent without being too obvious. The growth of the main character was enough to make the idea of a coming of age story apparent. It was never pushing the theme. It was just noticeable to the viewer. This helped to make the movie an overall decent movie. I wouldn't watch this movie a lot, but it is a great movie to have watched once.