Riding in Cars with Boys (Special Edition)

Riding In Cars With Boys is about unfulfilled dreams. It’s the 1980s and Drew Barrymore is trying to get her memoir published. The movie flashes back and forth between her past and present to explain her story and book. Her early life for example was all about being a writer and boys topped off by getting pregnant as a teenager. As expected that forever changed things for her, but it also goes into how it shaped her son. The story goes from the serious to the comedic and then back again. It really works and there are plenty of laughs but also some messed up moments.

Based on the book of the same title, Riding in Cars with Boys is both heart-rending and humorous. Drew Barrymore plays Beverly Donofrio, a youmg woman who becomes pregnant at 15 and is forced to live a life far different than what she'd hoped (or what her parents had hoped). James Woods is totally believable as her father, a man who tells Beverly she "broke his heart" when she became pregnant.But the real surprise here is the focus of the movie. Although supposedly the story of Beverly, the events are told from the point of view of her son and it is clear that her failures as a parent form much of the basis for this film. She is less than an ideal parent, resentful of her son's intrustion into her life and forced to cope with more than her share of hardships (her husband is a drug addict).

Such a great cast! Drew Barrymore and Steve Zahn are brilliant in this! I have seen this film so many times over the years and it makes me laugh and cry at the same parts every single time. A story about a young mother bringing up her child whilst still being a child herself. It is very funny in places, and very touching in others. The end car scene makes me sob every time. A film definitely worth watching, just get the tissues ready.

I always liked Bev's story and loved that she shared it. There's a piece of all of us in this story. I think that we all have plans that have went off-path to some degree. If you follow her life today, she more than reclaimed what was meant to be...

I was so impressed with Drew Barrymore, Brittany Murphy and Lorraine Bracco that I decided I had to buy this DVD. The story is an excellent one, bad girl makes good. I have not read the book, but it's definitely on my reading list! Drew Barrymore playes Beverly D'Onofrio, a teenage girl with a flair for writing who, after a night of drunken partying, gets pregnant. Unfortunately, the father of her baby is not at all someone she ever pictured herself being with. In the course of one day, she sees all the potential she ever had--college, being a writer, living a normal teenage life, etc--evaporate when she chooses to marry Raymond to placate her distraught parents. Her parents are less than supportive and each time she makes a bad decision, she pays dearly. The story flashes back and forth between Beverly's story from the time she got pregnant and present day Beverly riding in the car with her 20 year-old son. I won't tell you where they are going, it spoils some of the movie. Inevitably, Raymond lets her and her son down and Beverly is left with making the hardest choice of all--to raise her son alone. This movie doesn't idealize single parenting, but rather shows how warped a mother-son relationship can be when the mother is but a child herself. It's at times tender, funny, and heart-breaking. A definite necessity to everyone's movie colleciton.

one of my favorite movies. I can't get enough of it. Drew Barrymore is stunning. She's an amazing actress. This movie will tear your heart strings apart. grab the tissues. This movie is completely different from the book itself! It is astounding how the book says Bev WANTED to marry Ray, but in the movie she didn't even want to think about it! I suggest you read the book and then watch this movie to see what was changed all the way around. You wouldn't believe the author helped produce and direct the movie!

After growing up and having kids this storys protagonist is not relatable. She is a bad mother.

I have always loved this movie, it is a great coming-of-age movie… I guess she would consider it a chick flick, but it is great for best friends to watch together.

I literally love this movie. If you have never seen it its brilliant. :)

If you like Drew Barrymore, you will treasure this movie like 'Home Fries'. It's quirky, funny, tragic, and a bite of life based on a true story. I saw this movie twice before I had to have it for my own and I highly value it as not just another 'chick' movie but a 'chic' movie about a 'not-so-bad' girl who learns the value of life, love and laughter. Something I and others can relate to. Thx.

she really should make more serious movies like this, i like her in rom com's but she shines in this, as does brittany murphy and steve zahn is superb. It should be a must watch for everyone.

A fabulous girly watch

Bought for my daughter .. one of her favourites she was very happy.