Riding In Cars With Boys Details

Riding In Cars With Boys

Beverly (Drew Barrymore) loves boys, but she knows her limits--nothing below the waist (her own), if she doesn't know the boy. Ray (Steve Zahn), however, a sweet-natured but shiftless young man is the exception to her rule and shortly after meeting him she ends up pregnant--at age fifteen. At the wedding insisted upon by her disappointed father, Bev finds out her best friend is also pregnant, and the two console each other for the youth they've lost. RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS is a true story based on the autobiography by Beverly D'Onofrio about her youthful days of revelry, rebellion, and teenage motherhood. Barrymore is credible as an Italian-American girl who's far too smart to be stuck where she is in life, but it's Zahn (THAT THING YOU DO) who steals the show in a long-overdue starring turn, with his heartfelt portrayal of a lost little boy who never finds his way to manhood. James Woods is Bev's alienated father. And Lorraine Bracco is her supportive, long-suffering mother who looks after the house, Bev's son Jason, and Ray, while Bev desperately tries for her GED and a scholarship to NYU. It's Bev's drive and unflagging ambition--and Penny Marshall's usual surehanded direction--that turn her hardship into the triumph of survival.

Starring	Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Steve Zahn, Mika Boorem, Brittany Murphy, Damien Garcia, James Woods, Desmond Harrington, David Moscow, Marisa Ryan
Director	Penny Marshall
Studio	UCA
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 6 mins
Certificate
Genres	Comedy
Language	DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	DVD: English, Hindi
Released	DVD: 04 Mar 2005 Production year: 2001