Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)Movies

Movies from Film Forum, 10/25/01Riding in Cars with Boys is based on the best-selling memoirs of writer Beverly Donofrio, starring Drew Barrymore in her first attempt at a demanding dramatic lead role. Barrymore plays Donofrio from girl to grownup, portraying how her promiscuous behavior as a youth led to exhausting and exasperating trials as a woman and a mother.Movie Parables' Michael Elliott finds the movie "a brave and bittersweet look at a life which is full of disappointments, mistakes, and … sacrifices." As usual, he finds sermon illustrations: "It shows us that consequences to our actions can have long-reaching effects. Unwanted teenage pregnancies are neither easy nor fun, and Bev's experiences serve as a warning to young girls that sex can lead to responsibilities for which...