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Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

7,2 /10 (1,820 Votes)
1989 EN 99 min

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.

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Release date

13/12/1989

Votes

1,820

Popularity

5.9

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

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

99 min

Budget

$7,500,000

Revenue

$145,793,296

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r96sk

r96sk

2024-09-22

⭐ 8

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…

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