Driving Miss Daisy
“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 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.
Details
Release Date: 12/13/1989
Runtime: 99 minutes
Languages: English, Hebrew
Director: Bruce Beresford
Budget: $7.5M
Revenue: $145.8M
Production
Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures, Majestic Films International, Allied Filmmakers, The Zanuck Company
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom
Where to watch · US
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r96sk
Bit of an odd one, though it does end up leaving a mark. <em>'Driving Miss Daisy'</em> 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.
