It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

This was the perfect vehicle for Drew Barrymore, who with her looks was able to play a role ranging from a teenager to a mature woman. Her main strength was playing the role of the young struggling mother with great conviction, while her performance as a teenage was a little annoying (a real teenager would have given it more conviction). As the young mother with a late teenage son, she was a little aloof. I'm not sure if that was meant to be her character, but it didn't seem right after giving it plenty of heart and soul in the earlier scenes as the very young mother.The real stars where the child actors, specially the young Beverly who was hilarious in the bra scene with her father the police office (played to perfection by James Wood). The young Jason was another standout and it saved the film, as did Steve Zahn, who gave a heartfelt performance and supplied the humour.Penny Marshall seemed to handle the subject well, sometimes just taking a little dip into the Soap Opera territory, but then able to pull back in time, allowing us to to take a ride through Beverly D'Onofrio's interesting passage in life.

I think "Riding in Cars with Boys" is a movie that offers a few life lessons for teenagers. It takes guts to keep a child when you have a life full of promises and perspectives, but Beverly gave up to all those things in order to have a baby, a son, and offer him a chance to education. At first I didn't know what this movie is all about, I thought it's about cars and races, myself being a fan of Nascar and F1, I actually have a Romanian website that teaches teens how to drive http://www.odat.ro Anyway, I'm a huge fan of Drew Barrymore and Steve Zahn so even though it's not a movie about cars, it surely worths watching, especially since it's based on a true story.

Whether it's making mistakes, suffering through constant humiliation and disappointments, not being close to family, messed up relationships, unplanned/unwanted pregnancy, forced weddings, drugs, alcohol, raising kids as a single mom, being poor, and second chances - it's all in there. Drew and Steve and Brittany, Adam and James - they MADE a great movie! As you watch it, no doubt you will see what 'Beverly' goes through, and be able to empathize with her completely!Drew is an amazing actress!. She was in her early to mid 20s when she made this, so you can see how incredible her skills are! Steve never disappoints. Brittany is a chameleon - she played so many (but too few) varieties of characters. See it, over and over again, and enjoy every bit of it!

The movie is very nice and has a nice story line... Drew Barrymore and Brittany Murphy (RIP) are good and i m reviewing this movie because Brittany Murphy just Died. Thats very sad lets come back to the review...The story is nice, but needed a good director for a emotional and sensitive direction ...Penny Marshall failed to do it (Direction was OK though).I don't think that any body will rate it less than 7....Nice movie with a lot of flaws. but sweet and sad ending.Generous rating 9/10.