So much average

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

An uncomplicated view of how and why people should abandon false hopes and assumptions about sex, race and privilege. We're all in life together.

I'm not a professional reviewer, just an honest viewer. It seems like the writer of this story heard some poor refugee immigrant's tragic story, threw it in the bowl of obvious stereotypes and social issues, and then couldn't keep away from the good-old barque sauce to over-westernize it.Ben Kingsley's acting and accent are actually offensive. I used to like him before this. Other than that, the movie is rushed and the message is definitely spoiled in the oversimplified example of facing your fears and trying something new.

Now and then along comes a film with a quiet little story about they way we are walking through our lives – a glance at a situation in communication and relationships of friends that makes the film soar above the often tedious riffraff of Marvel comics and gangster action films - an becomes a memorable experience that merits seeing again and again. Written by Sarah Kerochan and directed by Isabel Coixet (Elegy, Paris, je t'aime, My Life Without Me, The Secret Life of Words), one of the primary reasons the film works such magic are the consummate performances by Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley. The chemistry among all the cast members is on target.Wendy (Patrician Clarkson), a self-absorbed New York book critic, is shocked to reality by the sudden end of her marriage to Ted (Jake Weber) and the decision by her daughter Tasha (Grace Gummer) to live as a farmer in Vermont. Always dependent on her husband for driving, she must now learn to take the wheel on her own. Her instructor Darwan (Ben Kingsley) is a Sikh Indian, living in America after being jailed in India for political reasons and working two jobs as a taxi driver and a driving instructor, who watches with alarm as his pupil falls apart at the seams. He himself is contemplating an arranged marriage with Jasleen (Sarita Choudhury), a woman he has never met. As these two lives intersect, both will change in unpredictable ways, discovering aspects in each other's backgrounds, beliefs, vocabularies and philosophies.This is an example how a little gentle film can become immensely impressive when in the hands of pros such as Clarkson and Kingsley. Highly Recommended.

A love story that also celebrates being who you really are. While someone may appear serene and in touch with everything, there might be some unrest within that soul too. And it's really well acted and played out by our two main actors in this one. They not only play off each other, but off the situation they are presented with.It also takes turns you might not expect. And it's nice that while it does have the occasional cliché in it, it's not falling into a cliché pool altogether. It is a story of its own, with realizing ones dream and going for things. Driving is just a "tool" to achieve what one wants. Nicely told, with a good pace to it, the story unfolds ... well I won't spoil that