Video Review

Riding in Cars with Boys (2002)

Reviewed by Erin Richter | Mar 22, 2002

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EW's GRADE

C+

Details Release Date: Oct 19, 2001; Rated: PG-13; Video Release Date: Mar 19, 2002; Genres: Comedy, Drama; With: Drew Barrymore, Lorraine Bracco, James Woods and Steve Zahn; Distributor: Columbia Pictures

MARRIED WITH CHILD Drew Barrymore as a reluctant mother and bride

In Riding in Cars with Boys, fifteen-year-old Bev (an age stretch, even for the youthful Barrymore) watches her life plans stall in small-town '60s Connecticut after she gets pregnant and marries the baby's sweet but no-good father (the impressive Zahn). As an unlikable character who openly and vocally blames her son for most of her problems, Barrymore never truly commits to the role, and instead tries to sell her character as charming without support from the therapy-speak script -- which makes her, and director Penny Marshall's version of Beverly Donofrio's touching memoir, even harder to buy.

Originally posted Mar 19, 2002 Published in issue #645 Mar 22, 2002 Order article reprints

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