Driveways (2019) :
Brief Review -
Closing the gap between different states of life circle - boyhood, manhood and old-age through a simple bond of neighborhood. Driveways is a beautiful film for all ages, even for those who don't understand subtle theories of filmmaking. Someone who understand deep thoughts told without any dialogues in cinema will find it extraordinary for sure. It tells the story of a woman who has come to the house of her late sister to pack it up and prepare it for sale. While there, her young son strikes up a friendship with an elderly widower living next door. This neighborhood bond isn't a new thing, we have seen it before and we'll see it more often but here in Driveways it has quite different perspectives. A 9 years old boy befriending an old man isn't a new thing i guess (spare me if I'm wrong) and it uses their age factors very smarty at the end. It was like, you know a conversation between boyhood and old-age about manhood which is a future for boyhood and a past for aged one. One recalls the memories and feels like he hasn't lived enough and the other one has time to live but isn't enjoying it. These things had me spellbounded. I'm not sure every viewer will get the same meaning as me, they might understand something different according to their age group and experiences about life as they would be finding themselves in one of the characters. All three leading actors Hong Chau as Kathy, Lucas Jaye as Cody and Brian Dennehy as Del delivers natural performances. The screenplay is little slow but it has short runtime of 80 minutes so i don't think it should bother you. But it comes to the point very late, i mean like last 5 minutes so you must hold yourself before that. Andrew Ahn has made an excellent human drama that teaches you a lot about life-circle. It's short but still good enough.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
Closing the gap between different states of life circle - boyhood, manhood and old-age through a simple bond of neighborhood. Driveways is a beautiful film for all ages, even for those who don't understand subtle theories of filmmaking. Someone who understand deep thoughts told without any dialogues in cinema will find it extraordinary for sure. It tells the story of a woman who has come to the house of her late sister to pack it up and prepare it for sale. While there, her young son strikes up a friendship with an elderly widower living next door. This neighborhood bond isn't a new thing, we have seen it before and we'll see it more often but here in Driveways it has quite different perspectives. A 9 years old boy befriending an old man isn't a new thing i guess (spare me if I'm wrong) and it uses their age factors very smarty at the end. It was like, you know a conversation between boyhood and old-age about manhood which is a future for boyhood and a past for aged one. One recalls the memories and feels like he hasn't lived enough and the other one has time to live but isn't enjoying it. These things had me spellbounded. I'm not sure every viewer will get the same meaning as me, they might understand something different according to their age group and experiences about life as they would be finding themselves in one of the characters. All three leading actors Hong Chau as Kathy, Lucas Jaye as Cody and Brian Dennehy as Del delivers natural performances. The screenplay is little slow but it has short runtime of 80 minutes so i don't think it should bother you. But it comes to the point very late, i mean like last 5 minutes so you must hold yourself before that. Andrew Ahn has made an excellent human drama that teaches you a lot about life-circle. It's short but still good enough.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.