It felt, in the movies, like Beverly was struggling but doing the best she could while seemingly stuck in adolescence. Drew's endearing personality made it easy to love Beverly and forgive her for some of her transgressions in the movie.
Movie | USA | 2001-10-19 | Romance Starring: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Adam Garcia, Brittany Murphy, Logan Lerman Directed by: Penny Marshall 65% -- Today; This Month; This Year; iTunes. Donofrio doesn't hold back in exploring her selfish, self-destructive tendencies. A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father. I truly feel both are special in their own ways. The trouble I'm talking about was my first real trouble, the age-old trouble. I was incredibly disappointed in this book and instead of sympathizing with Beverly and her situation, I wound up despising her and felt incredibly sorry for her poor son who had Beverly as his mother. I'm not blaming it on President Kennedy's assassination or its being the beginning of the sixties or the Vietnam War or The Beatles. Amazon.fr - Achetez Riding in Cars With Boys à petit prix. I actually felt that the characters, as portrayed in the movie, were somewhat sympathetic. That is one of my favorite movies and the book did not move me emotionally like the movie did. As the season comes to a close, we wante...Trouble began in 1963.
As in pregnant. I'll spoil that one for you right now, it was not funny.
The best thing it has going for it is that it's short.
I was very disappointed when I read The Color Purple. I was in a rush and recognized the title as something I'd heard of before (probably from the movie that was apparently made from it) and the blurbs said it was funny.
I was very disappointed when I read The Color Purple. Instead of, "Look at how I took advantage of everyone around me and screwed the system to get where I am educationally! Beverly D'Onofrio (book), I'll spoil that one for you right now, it was not funny. This movie is about Beverly Donofrio (Drew Barrymore) who's life is messed up when she gets pregnant from Ray Hasek (Steve Zahn). In my opinion the book is definitely way better than the movie.This book is way better than the movie, and I liked the movie.
I must admit I did read the book because it had a movie to go along with it, but as usual, I liked the book better than the movie.I read Riding in Cars with Boys, by Beverly Donofrio.
After that, this book is a nice, quick read, with some important things to say about the experience of women in the last half of the 20th century.Two obstacles overcome to get this book read -- my love/hate relationship with Drew Barrymore with this crappy photo on the cover, and the clunky, sentimental title. When I began the book, I was a little disappointed that it was not like the movie. When reading this book, I kept picturing Drew Barrymore as Beverly.
Most people try to put a positive spin on their past, but she laid her sins bare for her readers, and I applaud her for it. Drew's endearing personality made it easy to love Beverly and forgive her for some of her transgressions in the movie. I felt as though I had spent the weekend with Donofrio in a coffee shop, where she laid out her life's story before me.
Because Donofrio goes to a place that is true and real and fully reflects the experience of a working-class teen mother trying to grow up with a burden she never wanted and struggles to truly love. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. She keeps reminding us over and over how much her entire life sucks because she got pregnant in high school and she's so dramatic about it ("...no no no,I picked this up at the library as a book on cd. It stars Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, and James Woods. I agree; if you are interested in writing, it's worth checking out this book for craft/technique. Instead of, "Look at how I took advantage of eIt was an honest account of a selfish kid who had a child and kind of raised it, but she never seemed to grow up herself. I must admit I did read the book because it had a movie to go along with it, but as usual, I liked the book better than the movie.I read this book because I was a so-so fan of the film.