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Riding in cars with boys

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Movie propaganda

The story of a girl who did everything wrong, but got everything right.

Starting in the 1960s, spanning a 20-year period from 15 to 35, this is the story of Beverly Donofrio (Drew Barrymore), who had a son, Jason (Adam Garcia) as a teenager, got married, got divorced and eventually pulled herself out of welfare and into university, studying to be a writer.

Persons of interest

Drew Barrymore .... Beverly Donofrio
Adam Garcia .... Jason
Sara Gilbert
Steve Zahn
Brittany Murphy
Vinny Pastore .... Uncle Louie
Rosie Perez
Dusty Rizzo .... Uncle Tony
Cody Arens .... Jason (Age 3)
Logan Arens .... Jason (Age 3)
Logan Lerman .... Jason (Age 8/9)
Morgan Ward .... Screenwriter
Beverly Donofrio .... Author: Riding in cars with boys: Confessions of a bad girl who makes good
Penny Marshall .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

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Studios and distributors:

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Intelligence analyst

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Theatrical report

Another "teenage mum does ok because she believed in herself" movie, and that's about it.

Riding in cars with boys tells a bit of a different story only because every story is different. The cinematography is nice and the kids play some great characters but otherwide the only humour is from Out-takes that were left in.

It's worth seeing on video, of course, as there are lots of poignant moments and truthful performances. It's just that the story seems too much like a re-run.