Riding in Cars with Boys

Riding in Cars with Boys

She did everything wrong, but got everything right.

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Release Date

10/19/2001

Runtime

131 mins

Overview

In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$48,000,000

Revenue

$35,700,000

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A frank, affectionate portrait of a woman who derailed her own dreams by becoming a mother at 15, learning to find meaning and resilience in the life she didn't plan. It balances regret with the stubborn determination to make something of yourself anyway.

Mood

BittersweetWistfulHopefulMelancholic

Themes

Coming of ageFamilyIdentityLoveAmbition

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) directed by Penny Marshall | FirstCinema