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Riding in Cars with Boys

2001 · 131 min

It is a sentimental journey through difficult life choices, marked by moments of profound emotional reckoning.

Directed by
Penny Marshall
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Tagline
She did everything wrong, but got everything right.
Overview
In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.

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Directed by
Penny Marshall
Genres
Drama, Comedy
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • coming-of-age
  • addiction
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Penny Marshall
Written by
Morgan Ward
Starring
Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Adam Garcia, Brittany Murphy, James Woods, Lorraine Bracco, Rosie Perez, Sara Gilbert
Music
Hans Zimmer
Cinematography
Miroslav Ondříček
Runtime
131 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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