Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.
- Bruce Beresford
- Katterli Frauenfelder
- Alfred Uhry
- Alfred Uhry
Rating: 7.2/10 by 1574 users
Alternative Title:
溫馨接送情 - TW
Conduciendo a Miss Daisy - AR
Chauffør for Miss Daisy - DK
Ο σοφέρ της κυρίας Ντέιζι - GR
Sõidutades miss Daisyt - EE
Bayan Daisy ve soförü - TR
Vozeći gospođicu Dejzi - RS
山水喜相逢 - HK
I er tjänst, Miss Daisy - FI
Шофер міс Дейзі - UA
Conduzindo Miss Daisy - BR
드라이빙 미스 데이지 - KR
为戴茜小姐开车 - CN
A spasso con Daisy - IT
Paseando a Miss Daisy - ES
Country:
United Kingdom
United States of America
Language:
English
עִבְרִית
Runtime: 01 hour 39 minutes
Budget: $7,500,000
Revenue: $145,793,296
Plot Keyword: individual, chauffeur, culture clash, self-discovery, widow, 1970s, atlanta, pulitzer prize, civil rights, racial segregation, based on play or musical, car accident, unlikely friendship, elderly, african american servant, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, elderly lady, race relations
Bit of an odd one, though it does end up leaving a mark. 'Driving Miss Daisy' perhaps skirts around the larger picture in regards to the discrimination it alludes to, but all in all it's a charming tale about unlikely friendships. I do like when movies follow characters across an extended amount of time, in this case we see events stretch across 25 years; seeing characters grow and develop as they age is a cool thing. Morgan Freeman is terrific, as is Jessica Tandy. Dan Aykroyd and Esther Rolle play their part too. Hans Zimmer is on music and to be honest (as much as I rate that guy) I'm not convinced the score, which is good, fits particularly well here. By the end it probably does, though at the beginning the in-your-face nature of it feels a bit out of place.
