Driving Lessons

Looking to earn some cash — and to get out from under the thumb of his domineering mother (Laura Linney) — shy teen Ben Marshall (Rupert Grint) accepts a job working as an assistant to a retired soap opera actress (Julie Walters) with an unquenchable thirst. But what begins as a simple summer job blossoms into a life-changing experience. Nicholas Farrell plays Linney’s henpecked spouse in director Jeremy Brock’s affecting coming-of-age drama.