Rated PG
Starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd
Directed by Bruce Beresford
The Story:
Daisy (Tandy) is an old Jewish widow who has wrecked one car too many, so her son (Aykroyd) hires a driver named Hoke (Freeman) to drive her wherever she needs to go. First, Daisy refuses to let him drive her anywhere. Eventually though, she warms to Hoke, and the two spend the next two decades getting to know each other and enjoy some adventures together.
Sounds like a sweet little character study, and it is!
Welcome to the Best Picture winner of 1989, in a year that turned out many memorable films, this one rose head and shoulders above the rest.
Amusingly, the biggest slight of this movie was that Beresford was not nominated for Best Director. How do you have a Best Picture without a Best Director? Makes no sense, but so be it.
It really is a quiet film that builds slowly as the years slip by and the bond between Hoke and Daisy grows and intertwines.
All of the accolades and awards, this film deserves them.
I don't usually say that about award-winners.
Tandy is great, Freeman is phenomenal.
When isn't he? :)
Watching it again for the first time in a few years, the movie still holds up very well today.
I also recommend a Kleenex handy for the end.
Gets me every time!
Final Grade: A+
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: I own it and it gets watched every 3-4 years, which is pretty good for a drama! Well worth it if you haven't seen it in awhile.
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