Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

thejcowboy22 Springtime in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. Elderly and self assured Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) takes her car out for some errand and instead puts the car in the wrong gear and almost drives her car off a ten foot embankment into her neighbors yard. Concerned Son Boolie Werthan (Dan Akroyd)who runs a successful family textile business tells his Mother that her driving days are over and her insurance premiums are through the roof. Enter Lanky, bespectacled and retired Hoke Colburn (Morgan Freeman). Boolie hires the retired Milk truck driver as he watched Hoke conduct the men of the textile plant in an elevator crisis. Boolie in the interview laments the fact that his Mother is difficult and has her own ways of doing things. Boolie insists that his Mother no matter what she says she can't fire you. Your job is to drive her around town. Daisy is totally against having a chauffeur right from the start. Despite the cold shoulder from Miss Daisy, Hoke keeps it positive. Even there first meeting Daisy says to Hoke, "What are you doing?" Hoke replies, "I'm trying to drive you to the store." As Hoke left Daisy's home after the first day, Hoke wishing Daisy a Good night saying, "I'm going Miss Daisy." Daisy in a cold tone replies, "Good!". Daisy has a cook/maid Idella played by Esther Rolle who has some classic remarks in the film as well. One morning Boolie came to his mother's house for an inquiry over a can of missing salmon which Daisy insisted that she was one can short in her pantry. Sort of like a scene out of The Caine Mutiny. Daisy was certain that Hoke stole the salmon. Idella and Hoke noticed Boolie's Car in the driveway as Idella quipped," I wouldn't be in your shoes if the Good Lord Jesus come down and asked me himself." Over time Daisy in her difficult way gets used to the fact that Hoke is her personal driver. They have there spats in the car throughout as Daisy would remark and Hoke would let it pass. There relationship grows as the film continues. But I wonder if Daisy's words were sincere or out of convenience. Anyone who had a Grumpy Grandmother,Nagging Mom ,Quibbling Mother-In-Law,Sourpuss Sisters or a craggy Aunt or even an old Blood and guts Human Resources manager can relate to this unfolding companionship. I was pleasantly surprised by the solid performance of Dan Akroyd as a southern businessman. Jessica Tandy indeed deserved her Oscar as the retired school teacher Daisy Werthan. The cinematography and music score complimented the driving scenes. In life, some people you can never please. Rest In Peace MOM!

SanFernandoCurt This thing has been re-filmed on television so many times, it's clearly a sentimental bonbon for Hollywood's ethnic powerhouses. 'Why' isn't mysterious. Its plodding plot line confirms what I bet most African Americans suspect is their propositional status with Jews: We're all in this together as long as you dusky folk know your place. Finally, we have PC-certified condescension. Breakthrough.It's all about the 'relationship' between Miss Daisy of the title and her black chauffeur Holk - except its key points generally are tipped by incursions of that ol' debbil racism and what modern-day Northern Jews determine is virulent anti-Semitism that's always infested the South like a boll weevil in a cotton ball. That there's only subjective 'evidence' of this is minor detail. In one turning point, Daisy and Hoke find common ground after her synagogue is bombed; that actually happened mid-1950s, but as reaction to its role in Atlanta civil rights protests, not so much hatred of Hebrews. Obviously, tales of victimhood and suffering - fabricated though they are - are much more in sync with today's political ambiance than recalling Jewish role in the Atlantic slave trade, or that the Confederacy's Secretary of State blew the shofar.There's an amusing moment in which their limo is pulled over by two state troopers with oddly subtle approach to their Bull Connor obligation in the movie. They ID Miss Daisy as Jewish but... how? Is there a Mogen David on her license plate? Appearance? I look more Jewish than Jessica Tandy.You owe yourself a pass on this one.

grantss Moving story. Simple plot, sensitively and lovingly told. Bruce Beresford's direction is spot-on, giving a warmth and subtlety to the movie. Ultimately, a movie about racial tolerance and development, though the racial prejudices and issues of the time aren't too apparent.. The one failing of the movie is that it does pull its punches with regard to examining the racial and social injustices and issues of the day.Superb performances by Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman in the lead roles. Both received Oscar nominations, and Tandy won Best Actress, making her, at nearly 81, the oldest winner of a competitive Oscar.Dan Aykroyd, well known as a comedy actor (SNL, Blues Brothers etc), is surprisingly decent in a dramatic role.

Ross622 Bruce Beresford's adaptation of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer prize winning play (which takes place between 1948 and 1973) about an old Jewish woman named Daisy Werthan (played by Jessica Tandy in an Oscar winning performance) who is in a car accident and then her son Boolie (played by Dan Aykroyd in an Oscar nominated performance) who then hires a chauffeur who can't be fired by Daisy named Hoke Colburn (played by Morgan Freeman in an Oscar nominated performance) who at first the two of them were not getting along too well, and then in the end of the film they got along very well and were considered to be the best of friends. the film is a wonderful character study between both Daisy and Hoke and as well as the fact that both of the performances by both Tandy and Freeman bring their characters to life in this 1989 film version, as well as Dan Aykroyd as Boolie. The thing about this film that I loved the most was the relationship between Daisy and Hoke because it was to me just flawlessly perfect, as well as the story, the screenplay because it demonstrates such a nice story, the warm hearted direction for the film, as well as the perfect acting and the Southern U.S. accents. This movie is arguably one of the best dramas ever made, that tels us how important it is to have friends that support just Hoke did for Daisy during their 25 year relationship.