Film

Riding in Cars with Boys

2001 · 2h 11m · Drama · Comedy

She did everything wrong, but got everything right.

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

48%

Metacritic

43

In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.

Drew Barrymore

Beverly Donofrio

Steve Zahn

Ray Hasek

Adam Garcia

Jason

Brittany Murphy

Fay Forrester

James Woods

Leonard Donofrio

Lorraine Bracco

Teresa Donofrio

Rosie Perez

Shirley Perro

Sara Gilbert

Tina Barr

Peter Facinelli

Tommy Butcher

Mika Boorem

Beverly Donofrio (Age 11)

Vincent Pastore

Uncle Lou

Maryann Urbano

Aunt Ann

Alexia Landeau

Jenny

Kristin Proctor

Cindy

Celine Ordioni

Janet Donofrio (Age 8)

Alissa Dean

Townie Girl #1

• Penny MarshallDirector
• Morgan WardScreenplay · Executive Producer
• Julie AnsellProducer
• James L. BrooksProducer
• Richard SakaiProducer
• Laurence MarkProducer
• Sara ColletonProducer
• Bridget JohnsonExecutive Producer
• Miroslav OndříčekDirector of Photography
• Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer

Trailer

Release date

October 19, 2001

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 11m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$48,000,000

Revenue

$35,700,000

Genres

Drama, Comedy

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