Rotten
Everything you've ever hated about American teenagers, their music, money, fashion sense, their values, and most of all their pin-ups, in one auto-destructive movie.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
License to Drive
Some guys get all the brakes!
1988 · 1h 30m · PG-13
Comedy, Family, Romance
Directed by
Greg Beeman
Overview
Teenager Les Anderson thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he's wrong. Even though he didn't receive his license, Les refuses to break his date with the cool Mercedes Lane, and he decides to lift his family's prize luxury car for the occasion. Unfortunately, Mercedes sneaks some booze along and passes out drunk, and a confused Les makes the bad decision of enlisting his rebellious friend, Dean, to help.
Director and cast
- Greg Beeman Director
- Corey Haim as Les Anderson
- Corey Feldman as Dean
- Carol Kane as Mrs. Anderson
- Heather Graham as Mercedes Lane
- Richard Masur as Mr. Anderson
- Nina Siemaszko as Natalie Anderson
- Michael Manasseri as Charles
- James Avery as Les' DMV examiner
- Harvey Miller as The Professor
- Michael Ensign as School Teacher/Bus Driver
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
24%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Anyone old enough to have a license is probably much too old to be amused by License to Drive.
Caryn James, New York Times
Rotten
Up until about the halfway mark of this movie, I was having a very good time. Then, somehow, it ran out of energy.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
About all that's worth noting is that the Caddy gets demolished and that the stars remain intact (though practically everyone will wish that it were the other way around).
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
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