Learning to Drive

Learning to Drive

It's never too late to begin a new adventure.

Directed by Isabel Coixet

Produced by Broad Green Pictures, Lavender Pictures

2014105 min6.2 / 10

A tender, character-driven comedy-drama about two people navigating personal crises who find mutual support and healing through an unlikely friendship.

As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.

Questions people ask

  • Is Learning to Drive violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Learning to Drive scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Learning to Drive sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Learning to Drive easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does Learning to Drive end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.

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22/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity24

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise15

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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