Driving Miss Daisy
1989 Directed by Bruce Beresford
Synopsis
The funny, touching and totally irresistible story of a working relationship that became a 25-year friendship.
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her colored 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 where shunned upon. Oscar winning tragic comedy with a star-studded cast and based on a play of the same name by Alfred Uhry.
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Week 1 - Adapted April Challenge
A great film about an unusual friendship between an old jewish woman and a black chauffeur. Both Morgan Freeman, as Hoke, and Jessica Tandy, as Daisy Werthan, did wonderful perfomances in their roles. Tandy would eventually win the Oscar for Best Actress. While the plot is simple, we get really close to both characters on the course of the twenty five years during the film. Bruce Beresford shows us films don't need to have a lot going on to be enjoyed. Not perfect, but really good.
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Week 3 of Phips' Adapted April Challenge
I watched Driving Miss Daisy about a month ago and it didn't resonate with me too much. This time around I felt a stronger connection and noticed some great technical works as well.
It's not a complex story at all, Beresford serves up the story on a silver platter. Not deep looks needed for the story's message. Although it's a story of overcoming personal setbacks, accepting change, friendship, and trust in a prejudice world. The whole cast is great, but nothing stellar. Some people may say this film is very simple on a technical level as well, but I say, "Au contraire". The tech aspects may be the most complex and provide so…
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Beautiful story! It's a movie that show us that true friendship is forever.
Absolutely lovely!Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy, great performances!
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Re-watched on Blu-ray.
I don't get the post-Oscars disappointment/hate for DMD. There's this assumption/expectation that Best Picture winners should be huge "message" movies or sprawling epics with powerhouse performances..........Why?
Is it so bad that a very simple and sweet story about friendship should win? DMD may not be ground-breaking, it may not educate you about all the intricacies of racism in the US during the 40/50/60s. But it takes that issue and uses it as a backdrop to a story of unfolding affection and respect. Too many people see this as a silly story of an old woman who needs a chauffeur, are they embarrassed to admit to enjoying such a film?
Well whatever people think, it doesn't alter my…
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Watched for the Adapted April Challenge.
Driving Miss Daisy seems to become more saccharine and slight every time you see it, but I still always find it fairly enjoyable because of the great chemistry between Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman.
One of the things I like most about the film is also an example of its lack of substance. I think it is great how we follow Hoke and Daisy throughout the years and watch their friendship evolve. The sense of time and adapting to each other is the true strength of the movie. I’m probably contradicting myself here from that last claim, but it just seems to me like nothing else really carries over from scene to scene, and…
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Great movie, I really enjoyed Morgan Freeman in it, instead of the wise black man he feels much more like a servant with some life knowledge, but not wise by any means, resilient and caring, like life should have made him cynical but he just wouldn't. The delicate development of the relationship between him and Ms. Daisy works great, it reminded me a bit of how Thomas McArthy develops relationships.
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La historia no se sostiene y los saltos temporales no son claros, fama inmerecida en mi opinión.
Pero, oye, es entretenida.
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Such a tired story. The movie is old and not because it features old people. It's just another one of those shitty Oscar winners.
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It didn't win an Academy Award for Best Picture for nothing.
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I've been sitting here with this box open and blank for pretty close to an hour. ("Why didn't I see this a long time ago when I love Morgan Freeman so much?") Is Driving Miss Daisy the best movie ever? No. The best movie of the year? Probably not. A great one? Yeah. I'm not the sort of person who cries during movies—ever—but I think, more than anything, this is the perfect example of the "this" that we "don't make them like" anymore.
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Sweet movie that probably wouldn't get made today. Unsurprisingly, I cried at the end. Again.
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Watched for the Adapted April Challenge.
Driving Miss Daisy seems to become more saccharine and slight every time you see it, but I still always find it fairly enjoyable because of the great chemistry between Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman.
One of the things I like most about the film is also an example of its lack of substance. I think it is great how we follow Hoke and Daisy throughout the years and watch their friendship evolve. The sense of time and adapting to each other is the true strength of the movie. I’m probably contradicting myself here from that last claim, but it just seems to me like nothing else really carries over from scene to scene, and…
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Just beautiful
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Week 3 of Phips' Adapted April Challenge
I watched Driving Miss Daisy about a month ago and it didn't resonate with me too much. This time around I felt a stronger connection and noticed some great technical works as well.
It's not a complex story at all, Beresford serves up the story on a silver platter. Not deep looks needed for the story's message. Although it's a story of overcoming personal setbacks, accepting change, friendship, and trust in a prejudice world. The whole cast is great, but nothing stellar. Some people may say this film is very simple on a technical level as well, but I say, "Au contraire". The tech aspects may be the most complex and provide so…