Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

1989-12-13 • 1h 39m • PG •
Drama
7.2
User Score
1691 votes

"The funny, touching and totally irresistible story of a working relationship that became a 25-year friendship."

Overview

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.

Bruce Beresford

Director

Alfred Uhry

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$7,500,000

Revenue

$145,793,296

Runtime

1h 39m

Release Date

1989-12-13

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Reviews

r96sk

r96sk

2024-09-22T12:11:16.303Z

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.