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October 28, 2006
Adrian saw a movie!
I'm not exactly a movie buff--the last time I was in a theater was in April to watch a movie made by a guy who lives down the street. But I do have a recommendation for this weekend: go see Driving Lessons. If that's not available, check-out The Bridge. Both movies premiered to sold-out audiences at the Tribeca Film Festival in April; Tiffany and I went to the opening premier of Driving Lessons, though the Bridge was a bit too much for her stomach and we passed on the tix. (The Bridge is a documentary of people who jump off the Golden Gate Bridge, which happens roughly every two weeks.)
Rupert Grint attended the premier of Driving Lessons, but as I noted at the time, "Walters’s performance steals the show, as she develops a character of extraordinary complexity, at once needy and boldly assertive, childish and old-fashioned, angry and warm. Tiffany even said it was the best screen acting she had ever seen. Grint certainly holds his own, playing a character much like he is in real life, quiet and awkward."
Reviews of Driving Lessons have been mixed, with the Boston Globe blathering, "Driving Lessons told me something I already knew -- that Julie Walters is a shameless comedian." The LA Times called it "obvious Oscar bait" at the premier but now bemoans it as "ragged mongrel of a coming-of-age story." LA Weekly is a bit more accurate in saying that "Walters [has] her best role since Educating Rita. Hamming it up with the precision of a master, she makes this somewhat plodding film a pleasure, as does young Grint, the red-haired charmer better known as Harry Potter’s pal Ron Weasley."
Posted by adrianjo at October 28, 2006 01:34 AM