Delorted's Movie Review of Driving Miss Daisy

Rating of
3/4

Driving Miss Daisy

Review - Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Delorted - wrote on 11/29/07

When Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) was given a driver, Hoke Colburn (Morgan Freeman), by her son Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), she was furious. However, over the years their relationship grows in the Best Picture winning film, “Driving Miss Daisy.”

This is one of those movies that ends and makes you wonder if it was great or a waste of your time. Freeman and Tandy are excellent and create a great bond, but the story itself falls flat. They also tried to mix in prejudice as an issue, but it didn’t seem to make any sense with everything else going on. It seemed tacked on as a “we’ll get the nomination if we’re controversial” note.

It’s really not a waste of time, and worth watching just for said actors. Aykroyd proves in this film that he is not the best actor, but he seemed like he was at least trying, so it worked okay.

“Driving Miss Daisy” is another film I can’t say too much about. There wasn’t really much there, but it was enjoyable. I’m not sure if it should have won Best Picture though.

Acting: 9/10
Writing: 6/10
Video/Editing: 8/10
Audio/Music: 7/10
Entertainment: 8/10

Final Score: 7.6/10

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