Bozeman Magazine

Isabel Coixet’s slice-of-life comedy/drama Learning to Drive stars Patricia Clarkson as Wendy, a middle-aged book critic who is shattered when her husband Ted (Jake Weber) leaves her. In order to visit her daughter (Grace Gummer), who lives upstate, Wendy begins taking driving lessons from Darwan, impeccably portrayed by Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley, an American citizen originally from India who makes a living as a cabbie and giving driving lessons. The two strike-up a friendship that helps her learn to take control of her life, and him adjust to his new life after an arranged marriage. Boston Globe film critic Peter Keogh calls it; “Endearing, mordant, and impeccably acted.” Rated R, the film runs 105 minutes.