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Summary: Very True To Real Life
Review: Personally, I found this movie to be quite entertaining. I enjoyed that it showed the reality behind life changing decisions, the real world as opposed to a hollywood glam version of the story. I found the film to be fun and light hearted but mixed with hard hitting reality. If for no other reason, watch this one when you're having a bad day and feel like things couldn't be worse... the character Bev clearly shows you that they can be.
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Summary: Drew is great!
Review: This is a well acted, well written movie. Based on a true story, Drew Barrymore is excellent portraying Beverly, a young girl who just wants to get out of her small town, go to college, and become a writer. Her goals don't quite match up with her reality, however, and the result is a very touching, often funny, and often poignant look into the life of a young woman coming of age in the late 60s.
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Summary: exhausting!
Review: I had very high hopes for this movie...I generally enjoy Drew Barrymore as well as Penny Marshal's movies. I found this movie to be rather tedious and Barrymore's accent exceptionaly annoying.
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Summary: "Riding in cars with boys" review
Review: The latest effort from Penny Marshall's direction is not her best. This movie tells the story of a woman, who I did not care for at all, or have any sympathy for, named Beverly Donofrio.
Bev, at age 15, makes a "mistake" that changes her life forever.
In the meantime, she is ruthless about getting a college education and getting her book, same title as the movie, published. While it is good to be ambitious, it is not good to be so darn selfish, irresponsible(even for age 15), and well, just plain mean.
I found Bev to be a very unsympathic, rude, sometimes heartless and unfeeling person. Why was this film even made? Who should even care about this woman as she is just a total selfish, well, female dog for lack of a better word. And why did I bother renting it? I'll tell you...
Yes, I squirmed in my seat a lot, and forced myself to watch the entire movie. I did however, like the performance of Brittany Murphy, who plays Bev's best friend, Fae. She had her character down, and is a great young actress with a lot of potential. Murphy, and pretty much every other actor on the screen, totally outacted Drew. I just don't think she is a good actress at all. She had a very forced and unrealistic New York accent, also. Both her and her character annoyed me beyond belief.
There were some very poignant, and truly funny momments in this film between Bev and her family and friends. It wasn't a total waste of time, but it wasn't great. There are far better movies from 2001.
James Woods, Lorraine Bracco, and Steve Zahn were all very good in their roles, and very believable. I think just sitting back and watching someone "ruin" their lives isn't really my idea of a totally entertaining film.
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Summary: Bring a Barf Bag
Review: Drew Barrymore is beautiful and talented; "Riding in Cars with Boys" is cheesy and boring.This story was a mess. The flashback of Drew's character in the 1980s to when she was a girl, then a teenager, then an adult--it was chaotic and completely uninteresting. When the main character is in her mid-30's you can actually see in Drew Barrymore's eyes, that she's TRYING to act mature, for the role. Bad acting! Speaking of bad acting, the "dramatic" scences with the two little kids was just plain SCARY! I don't, nor anyone for that matter, want to see six-year old's breaking down and spouting scornful words like adults! It's like watching adults act like babies! This movie could've been good if there less flashbacks, less melodrama, less length to the movie!
Rating: 
Summary: AWESOME
Review: I saw this movie not too long ago. It was a 5 star movie. It was very real. How the life of Beverly was, it was really interesting. This story did not just happen to her it happened to alot of girls in the 60s. It was very emotional. With Penny Marshall it was the same thing. This movie is special. The cast fitted them and it was very funny. Some of it. Also some of it was sad.
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Summary: Loved it
Review: I saw this movie at the theater and rushed out to buy it the day it came out on DVD. I loved it. True, it is not the greatest movie ever made, but it really touched me. I loved how candid Beverly is about her true feelings at being a mother. She really doesn't know how to and she shows it, she did not try to coat it and make you think she was something that she wasn't. She was honest.
Plus......who could not love Faye? I fell in love with her. I read the book and I must say that I enjoyed the movie much, much better. It is nice to see that Hollywood cleaned it up a bit for the camara.
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Summary: It was just OK!
Review: This movie was a true story about a young girl who got pregnant at age 15, got married and had to deal with a lot of drama along the way. I really like Drew Barrymore and I think she did as great job, but the movie was just OK...nothing more.
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Summary: Splendid Balance
Review: Honestly this is one of the greatest movies of all time. A perfect combination of excellent art direction and inspiring writing. The story line is refreshing because its spirit is very real and respects that life is messy and often does not have a perfect ending. Although the timing of the story is in the wake of Vietnam, its message is very real for today. At a time when getting pregnant at 15 without a husband sentenced a woman to a long vacation and a child she would never get to hold, the author never lost her spirit or drive to meet her goals and live her dreams. It is an inspiration to young adults today - in that it illustrates that there are consequences for your choices and responsibilities that come along with them that could include losing yourself. Through the terrific acting, heart-warming writing, and brilliant direction, the characters come to life and you feel their very real problems. It is a movie that makes you think, but also laugh, and look inward of your own life, even if you do not live the situation, and reminds us all in a time where we believe we are immortal that we are indeed very human.
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Summary: A MUST SEE MOVIE FOR ALL WOMEN
Review: This movie is for women who have ever wondered if they have accomplished everything in this life that they had set out to do. For every women who had a dream and sold herself short, or is afraid that she might, this movie hits very close to home. You feel for the character in a very real way because you realize that if you had made different choices, you could be in her shoes. This movie is excellent, and Drew Barrymore is great.
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